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| Name |
Abas II |
| Suffix |
King of Argos & Abae |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
Yes, date unknown |
| Notes |
- «b»http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abas,_son_of_Lynceus
«/b»In «u»Greek mythology «/u», «b»Abas«/b» («u»Ancient Greek«/u») was the son of «u»Lynceus «/u» of the royal family of «u»Argos «/u», and «u»Hypermnestra «/u», the last of the «u»Danaides «/u». Abas himself was the twelfth king of Argos. His name derives from a «u»Semitic «/u» word for "father".
Abas was a successful conqueror, and was the founder of the city of «u»Abae «/u», «u»Phocis «/u»,«u»[1]«/u» home to the legendary oracular temple to «u»Apollo «/u» «u»Abaeus «/u», and also of the Pelasgic Argos in «u»Thessaly «/u».«u»[2]«/u» When Abas informed his father of the death of Danaus, he was re-warded with the shield of his grandfather, which was sacred to «u»Hera «/u».«u»[3]«/u» Abas 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 this shield.«u»[4]«/u»
With his wife «u»Ocalea «/u» (or «u»Aglaea «/u», depending on the source), he had three sons: the twins «u»Acrisius «/u» (grandfather of «u»Perseus «/u») and «u»Proetus «/u»,«u»[5]«/u» 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. It was from this Abas that the kings of Argos were called by the patronymic «u»Abantiads «/u».«u»[3]«/u»
«b»References
«u»1. ^\ulnone«/b» «u»Pausanias «/u», x. 35. § 1.
\ul«b»2. ^\ulnone«/b» «u»Strabo «/u», \ul«i»Geographica \ulnone«/i» ix. p. 431.
«b»3«/b». ^ \ul\b\i«sup»a\ulnone\b0\i0«/sup» \ul\b\i«sup»b\ulnone\b0\i0«/sup» Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "«u»Abas (2) <http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0010.html>«/u»", in Smith, William, \ul«i»Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology \ulnone«/i», «b»1«/b», pp. 1-2, «u»<http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0010.html>«/u»
\ul«b»4. ^\ulnone«/b» «u»Virgil «/u», \ul«i»Aeneid \ulnone«/i» iii. 286; Serv. ad loc.
\ul«b»5. ^\ulnone«/b» «u»Apollodorus «/u», ii. 2. § 1 ; «u»Gaius Julius Hyginus «/u» «i»Fabulae«/i» 170.
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Glenn Cook Family |
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