Abas

Abas referred to several figures in Greek mythology.

Abas, the son of Lynceus of the royal family of Argos, and Hypermnestra, the last of the Danaides. His name derives from a Semitic word for 'father'.Abas founded the city of Abae, Phocis, now in modern day central Greece. He was said to be so fearsome a warrior that even after his death, enemies of his royal household could be put to flight simply by the sight of his former shield.With his wife Ocalea (or Aglaea, depending on the source), he had three sons: the twins Acrisius and Proetus, and Lyrcos, and one daughter, Idomene. He bequeathed his kingdom to Acrisius and Proetus, bidding them to rule alternately, but they quarrelled even while they still shared their mother's womb.

Pausanias:

At the first the place was called Lyncea; its present name is derived from Lyrcus, a bastard son of Abas, who afterwards dwelt there.

...Not far from the hero-shrine is a hill, and on the hill a temple of Argive Hera, set up, they say, by Eurydice, the daughter of Lacedaemon and the wife of Acrisius the son of Abas.

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Abas , the son of Melampus, Pausanias 1.43.1

Beside the entrance to the sanctuary of Dionysus is the grave of Astycratea and Manto. They were daughters of Polyidus, son of Coeranus, son of Abas, son of Melampus, who came to Megara to purify Alcathous when he had killed his son Callipolis

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A companion of Diomedes. Abas was prideful, arrogant towards Aphrodite, who turned him into a swan. Ovid XIV, 505

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A companion of Perseus Ovid V, 126

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Two friends of Aeneas, a Trojan and an Etruscan. Virgil I, 121; X, 427

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There is also Abas (sophist), a Greek sophist and and rhetorician.

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