Abarbarea

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In classical Greek and Roman mythology, Abarbarea (Ἀβαρβαρέα) is a naiad. She is the wife of Bucolion (the eldest but illegitimate son of the Trojan king Laomedon) and had two sons by him, Aesepus and Pedasus. Abarbarea is also one of the three ancestors of the Tyrians, along with Callirrhoe and Drosera. Other writers do not mention this nymph, but Hesychius mentions "Abarbareai" or "Abarbalaiai" as the name of a class of nymphs.^[1]

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1. ^ Homer, Iliad 6.21-23; Nonnus, Dionysiaca 15.377; 40.363

[edit] References

• Homer. The Iliad, Book VI. (June 2, 2006). Wikisource, The Free Library.
• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).

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