. as, antis (JA&as, avros), twelfth king ofArgos, son of Lynceus, grandson of Danaus,and father of Acrisius. When he informed hisfather of the death of Danaus, he was rewardedwith the shield of his grandfather, which wassacred to Hera. This shield performed variousmarvels. It was gained by Aeneas (magnigestamen Abantis, Verg. Aen. iii. 286). Abasis described as a successful conqueror and thefounder of Abae in Phocis. [Abae.] Hence (i.)Abanteus, adj. lOv. M. xv. 164). (ii.) Aban-tiades i A/3avTia57js), a descendant of Abas : hisson Ac
. as, antis (JA&as, avros), twelfth king ofArgos, son of Lynceus, grandson of Danaus,and father of Acrisius. When he informed hisfather of the death of Danaus, he was rewardedwith the shield of his grandfather, which wassacred to Hera. This shield performed variousmarvels. It was gained by Aeneas (magnigestamen Abantis, Verg. Aen. iii. 286). Abasis described as a successful conqueror and thefounder of Abae in Phocis. [Abae.] Hence (i.)Abanteus, adj. lOv. M. xv. 164). (ii.) Aban-tiades i A/3avTia57js), a descendant of Abas : hisson Acrisius (Ov. M. iv. 607), his great-grandsonPerseus, by Danae, daughter of Acrisius ( iv. 673, Am. iii. 12, 24). liii.) Abantias,adia (AQavTias, dSosj, a female descendant ofAbas, Danae. [Danae.] AbatOS, i, /. (A&aros, inaccessible), arocky island in the Xile, near Philae ( .V. iv. 2, 7; Luc. x. 323). Abbassus, a town of Phrygia (Liv. xxxviii. 15). Abdera (to ABSripa, Abdera, ae, /., , orum, n.: ABi^pirris, Abdcrites and. Coin of Abdera in , a griffin, as symbol of Apollos worship; Callldn-not*, as the magistrate of the year ; rev., A/SiyptTtw sur-rounding a square. Abderita, ae, to.). 1. A town of Thrace, rearthe mouth of the Nestus. According to inytho- B ABDEBUS ABUS logy, it was founded by Heracles in honour ofAbdebus ; but according to history, it wascolonised first by Timesius of Clazomenae 656, and a second time by the inhabitants?of Teos in Ionia, who settled there after theirown town had been taken by the Persians 544(Hdt. i. 168). Abdera was a nourishing townwhen Xerxes invaded Greece (Hdt. vii. 120),and continued a place of importance under theBomans, who made it a free city. It was thebirthplace of Democritus, Protagoras, and An-axarchus; but in spite of this its inhabitantspassed into a proverb for stupidity (Juv. x. 50;Mart. x. 25, 4; Cic. Att. iv. 16 (17), vii. 7).Hence Abderitanus, stupid (Mart. I. c).—2. (Adr
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