Abas

Abas (Greek Ἄβας ) is:

Name of shapes and geographic features of Greek mythology:

• Abas ( Argos ), the 14th king of Argos, son of Lynceus (son of Aegyptus ) and Hypermestra, grandson of Danaus and grandfather of Danaë
• Abas ( son of Poseidon ) and the Arethusa
• Abas (son of Melampus ), son of Melampus ( seer )
• Abas ( son of Ixion ), a centaur
• Abas ( boyfriend of Perseus ), companion of Perseus during the wedding feast ( Ovid, Metamorphoses 5, 126)
• Abas ( companion of Diomedes ), proud and arrogant towards Aphrodite, so they turned him into a swan ( Ovid, Metamorphoses 14, 505)
• Killed Abas (son of Eurydamas ), Trojans, Diomedes
• Abas, defender of Troy, was killed by Sthenelus ( Quintus of Smyrna 11, 81)
• Abas ( Troy), a companion of Aeneas ( Virgil, Aeneid 1, 121)
• Abas ( Etruscan ), an Etruscan from Populonia and friend of Aeneas ( Virgil, Aeneid 10, 170, 10, 427 )
• Abas, the son of Metaneira, probably incorrect spelling for Askalabos
• Abas (mountain ), the legendary mountain in Erytheia ( Apollodorus 2,5,10 )

Name of Person:

• Abas (physician) ( 5 / 4 th century BC), Greek physician
• Abas ( sophist ), a Greek sophist
• Abas ( writer ), an ancient writer, author of Troica

Name of a person:

• Elisha Abas (born 1971 ), Israeli pianist
• Salleh Abas ( born 1929 ), President of the Supreme Court of Malaysia
• Stephen Abas (born 1978 ), American wrestler

Name of a place:

• Abas (Ethiopia ) in Ethiopia
• Abas (Gabon ) in Gabon
• Abas ( Sorsogon ) in the Philippines
• Abas (Turkey) in Turkey
• Abas Chacra in Peru
• Abas Kheyl in Afghanistan

And Rivers:

• Abas (river) in the Philippines
• Abas ( Albania ), in ancient times, a river in Albania

And also

• Abas (unit), a Persian Perlenmaß corresponds to approximately 0.1458 grams
• Abas Software AG, a German software company

ABAS stands for:

• Committee for Biological Agents at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs in Germany
• Automatic letter reception system

See also:

• Abbas
• Abaz

• Disambiguation
• Abbreviation