Abas (son of Lynceus)

Also known as: Abas · Role: king · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 12

Abas, son of Lynceus and Hypermnestra, was a king. At Abæ, he founded the town that was named after him; its people said “their town took its name from its founder Abas, the son of Lynceus by Hypermnestra the daughter of Danaus.”

Prœtus was his son, and his grandsons included Acrisius.

Relationship record

Life events

• Abas founded Abæ, which was named after him.(Book 10 · Chapter 35 · 📍 Abæ)
  • With: Lynceus Hypermnestra Danaus
  • “their town took its name from its founder Abas, the son of Lynceus by Hypermnestra the daughter of Danaus.”

Book 2 · Chapter 12

• child: Prœtus “They say Prœtus the son of Abas built it.”

Book 2 · Chapter 16

• child: Acrisius “And his grandsons, the sons of Abas, divided the kingdom, Acrisius remained at Argos”
• child: Prœtus “And his grandsons, the sons of Abas, divided the kingdom, Acrisius remained at Argos, and Prœtus had Heræum and Midea and Tiryns and all the maritime parts of Argolis”

Book 3 · Chapter 13

• child: Acrisius “Acrisius the son of Abas”

Book 10 · Chapter 35

• parent: Lynceus “The people of Abæ say they came to Phocis from Argos, and that their town took its name from its founder Abas, the son of Lynceus by Hypermnestra the daughter of Danaus.”
• parent: Hypermnestra “The people of Abæ say they came to Phocis from Argos, and that their town took its name from its founder Abas, the son of Lynceus by Hypermnestra the daughter of Danaus.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.