Abantiades (mythology)
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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.
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- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses, iv. 673, v. 138, 236.
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses, iv. 607.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1867). "article name needed". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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