Abas
Abas referred to several figures
in Greek mythology.
- A companion of Perseus
Ovid V, 126
- Founder of Abae,
a city in Phocis, son
of Hypermnestra
and Lynceus, the royal
family of Argos, and father
of Acrisius and Proetus
by his wife, Ocalea.
- A companion of Diomedes.
Abas was prideful, arrogant towards Aphrodite,
who turned him into a swan. Ovid
XIV, 505
- Two friends of Aeneas,
a Trojan and an Etruscan.
Virgil I, 121; X, 427
