In Greek mythology, the name Abas (; ) is attributed to several individuals:

Abas, king of Argos. Abas, son of Poseidon and Arethusa.Parada, s.v. Abas 1; Brill's New Pauly, s.v. Abas 1; Hyginus, Fabulae 157; Hesiod, Catalogue of Women fr. 131 Most. A Thracian by birth, Abas founded a tribe known as the Abantians or Abantes. Abas and his Abantian followers migrated to the island of Euboea, where he subsequently reigned as king. He was father of CanethusApollonius Rhodius, 1.77 and Chalcodon,Eustathius ad Homer, Iliad 281.43 and through the latter grandfather of Elephenor, who is known to have accidentally killed him.Tzetzes on Lycophron, 1034 (Scheer, pp. 319–320). In some accounts, Abas was also called the father of Dias, Arethusa, Alcon, CanthusValerius Flaccus, 1.453 (alternatively the son of Canethus and thus, his grandson). Abas, son of Metaneira who was changed by Demeter into a lizard, because he mocked the goddess when she had come on her wanderings into the house of his mother, and drank eagerly to quench her thirst.Smith, s.v. Abas (1); Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.450; Natalis Comes, Mythologiae 5.14; Nicander, Theriaca Other traditions relate the same story of a boy, Ascalabus, and call his mother Misme.Smith, s.v. Abas (1); Antoninus Liberalis, 24 Abas, an Argive seer, son of Melampus. He was the father of Coeranus,Pausanias, 1.43.5 Idmon,Apollonius, 1.142; Hyginus, Fabulae 14 and Lysimache.Apollodorus, 1.9.13 Abas, companion of Perseus who killed Pelates, the Cinyphian ally of Phineus, during the battle that broke out at the court of King Cepheus of Ethiopia for the hand of Andromeda.Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.126 Abas, a Centaur who attended the wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia.Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.306 Abas, defender of Thebes in the war of the Seven against Thebes. He and his sons Cydon and Argus were killed in the battle.Statius, Thebaid 7.646 & 9.758 Abas, a Theban charioteer during the war of the Seven against Thebes. At the beginning of the battle, he is pierced by Pheres with a spear and left groaning for his life.Statius, Thebaid 8.446 Abas, son of the Trojan Eurydamas and brother of Polyidus; he fought in the Trojan War and was killed by Diomedes.Homer, Iliad 5.148 Abas, servant of King Lycomedes on the island of Scyros. His job was to keep an eye on shipping traffic from the watchtower and to report directly to the king whether ships arrive at the port. When Odysseus came to the island with his ship to persuade Achilles, who was concealed as a girl, to take part in the War against Troy, the dutiful Abas was the first to report to the king that unknown sails were approaching the coast.Statius, Achilleid 8.446 Abas, another defender of Troy, was killed by Sthenelus.Quintus Smyrnaeus, 11.84 Abas, one of Diomedes's companions, whom Aphrodite turned into a swan.Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.505

In the Aeneid, the name Abas belongs to two companions of Aeneas: Abas, captain whose ship was routed in the storm off Carthage.Virgil, Aeneid 1.102 Abas, an Etruscan ally from Populonia in the war against the Rutulians and the Latians.Virgil, Aeneid 10.166 ff. He was later on killed by Lausus, the man who led one thousand soldiers from the town of Agylla.Virgil, Aeneid 10.428

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