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'''Abas''' (Greek '''Άβας''') was a Greek [[sophism|sophist]] and [[rhetoric|rhetorician]] about whose life we know nothing.<ref>William Smith, '' | '''Abas''' (Greek '''Άβας''') was a Greek [[sophism|sophist]] and [[rhetoric|rhetorician]] about whose life we know nothing.<ref>William Smith, ''A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', 1876, [http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0011.html Vol. 1 p. 2]</ref> The ''[[Suda]]'' mentions two works of his, the ''Historical Commentaries'' and the ''Art of Rhetoric''.<ref>''[[Suda]]'', [http://www.stoa.org/sol-bin/search.pl?db=REAL&search_method=QUERY&login=guest&enlogin=guest&user_list=LIST&page_num=1&searchstr=alpha%2C20&field=adlerhw_gr&num_per_page=100 alpha, 20]</ref> [[Photius]] quotes him, probably from the ''Historical Commentaries'', as saying that the name of the wife of [[Candaulus]] in [[Greek mythology]] was not [[Nysai]] but [[Abro]].<ref>[[Photius]], ''Myrobiblion'' [http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/photius_copyright/photius_05bibliotheca.htm#190 190]</ref> | ||
Another Abas wrote the ''Troica'', a fragment of which is preserved by [[Maurus Servius Honoratus|Servius]].<ref>[[Maurus Servius Honoratus|Servius]], ''Commentary on the Aeneid'' [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Serv.+A.+9.262 9.262]</ref> | Another Abas wrote the ''Troica'', a fragment of which is preserved by [[Maurus Servius Honoratus|Servius]].<ref>[[Maurus Servius Honoratus|Servius]], ''Commentary on the Aeneid'' [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Serv.+A.+9.262 9.262]</ref> | ||
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Abas (Greek Άβας) was a Greek sophist and rhetorician about whose life we know nothing.[1] The Suda mentions two works of his, the Historical Commentaries and the Art of Rhetoric.[2] Photius quotes him, probably from the Historical Commentaries, as saying that the name of the wife of Candaulus in Greek mythology was not Nysai but Abro.[3]
Another Abas wrote the Troica, a fragment of which is preserved by Servius.[4]