Abas

, a mountain in Syria, where the Euphrates rises.――A river of Armenia Major, where Pompey routed the Albani. Plutarch , Pompey .――A son of Metanira, or Melanin i a, changed into a lizard for laughing at Ceres. Ovid , Metamorphoses , bk. 5 , fable 7.――The 11th king of Argos, son of Belus, some say of Lynceus and Hypermnestra, was famous for his genius and valour. He was father to Prœtus and Acrisius, by Ocalea, and built Abæ. He reigned 23 years, B.C. 1384. Pausanias , bk. 2 , ch. 16 ; bk. 10 , ch. 35 .— Hyginus , fable 170, . — Apollo dor us , bk. 2 , ch. 2 .――One of Æneas’s companions, killed in Italy. Virgil , Æneid , bk. 10 , li. 170 .――Another lost in the storm which drove Æneas to Carthage. Virgil , Æneid , bk. 1 , li. 125 .――A Latian chief, who a isted Æneas against Turnus, and was killed by Lausus. Virgil , Æneid , bk. 10 , li. 170 , . ――A Greek, son of Eurydamus, killed by Æneas during the Trojan war. Virgil , Æneid , bk. 3 , li. 286 .— Homer , Iliad , bk. 5 , li. 150 .――A centaur, famous for his skill in hunting. Ovid , Metamorphoses , bk. 12 , li. 306 .――A soothsayer, to whom the Spartans erected a statue in the temple of Apollo, for his services to Lysander. Pausanias , bk. 10 , ch. 9 .――A son of Neptune. Hyginus , fable 157.――A sophist who wrote two treatises, one on history, the other on rhetoric. The time in which he lived is unknown.――A man who wrote an account of Troy. He is quoted by Servius in Virgil , Æneid , bk. 9 .