- For the genus of moths, see Abantiades.
The Abantiades signifies in general a descendant of Abas, son of Lynceus, but is 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.
References
- ^ Ovid Metamorphoses iv. 673, v. 138, 236
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses iv. 607.
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