In Greek mythology, the name Abas (/ă'-bas/; Ancient Greek: Ἄβας; gen.: Ἄβαντος means "guileless" or "good-hearted") is attributed to several individuals:

In the Aeneid, the name Abas belongs to two companions of Aeneas:

Notes

  1. ^ Swanson, Roy Arthur (1974-01-01). Pindar's Odes. Ardent Media. ISBN 9780672612459.
  2. ^ Parada, s.v. Abas 1; Brill's New Pauly, s.v. Abas 1; Hyginus, Fabulae 157; Hesiod, Catalogue of Women fr. 131 Most.
  3. ^ Apollonius, 1.77
  4. ^ Eustathius on Homer, Iliad 281.43
  5. ^ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 1034
  6. ^ Valerius Flaccus, 1.453
  7. ^ Smith, s.v. Abas (1); Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.450; Natalis Comes, Mythologiae 5.14; Nicander, Theriaca
  8. ^ Smith, s.v. Abas (1); Antoninus Liberalis, 24
  9. ^ a b Apollodorus, 1.9.13
  10. ^ Pausanias, 1.43.5
  11. ^ Apollonius, 1.142; Hyginus, Fabulae 14.2
  12. ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.126
  13. ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.306
  14. ^ Statius, Thebaid 7.646 & 9.758
  15. ^ Statius, Thebaid 8.446
  16. ^ Homer, Iliad 5.148
  17. ^ Statius, Achilleid 8.446
  18. ^ Quintus Smyrnaeus, 11.84
  19. ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.505
  20. ^ Virgil, Aeneid 1.102
  21. ^ Virgil, Aeneid 10.166 ff.
  22. ^ Virgil, Aeneid 10.428

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1870). "Abas". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.