Abas (sophist)

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Abas
EraRoman
RegionGreece
SchoolSophism

Abas (Greek: Ἄβας) was an ancient Greek sophist and a rhetorician about whose life nothing is known. The Suda ascribes to him historical commentaries (in Greek ιστoρικά απoμνηατα) and a work on rhetoric (in Greek τέχνη ρητoρική). What Photius in his Myrobiblion quotes from him, belongs probably to the former work.

Sources

  • "Abas" in Suda
  • Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Abas (1)", Boston, (1867)
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1870). "Abas". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.