In classical Greek and Roman mythology, Abarbarea (Ancient Greek: Ἀβαρβαρέη) is the name of two nymphs: Abarbarea, naiad wife of Bucolion.Homer, Iliad 6.21–23 Abarbarea, naiad ancestor of the Tyrians.Nonnus, Dionysiaca 40.535 ff. Other writers do not mention this nymph, but Hesychius mentions "Abarbareai" (Ἀβαρβαρέαι) or "Abarbalaiai" (Ἀβαρβαλαια) as the name of a class of nymphs.Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by Various Authors, edited by William Smith
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