Abantiades (mythology)
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For the genus of moths, see Abantiades.
The name Abantiades (Ἀβαντιάδης) generally signified a descendant of Abas, son of Lynceus, but was used especially to designate Perseus, the great-grandson of Abas,[1] and Acrisius, a son of Abas.[2] A female descendant of Abas, as Danaë and Atalante, was called Abantias.
[edit] References
- ^ Ovid. Metamorphoses, iv. 673, v. 138, 236.
- ^ Ovid. Metamorphoses, iv. 607.
[edit] Sources
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).
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