Abaeus

Abaeus

Abaeus

Toponymic epithet for the Greek god Apollo

Abaeus (Ancient Greek: Ἀβαῖος) was a toponymic epithet of the Greek god Apollo,[1][2] derived from the town of Abae in Phocis,[3][4][5] where the god had a rich temple renowned for its oracles,[6][7][8] which were said to have been consulted by Croesus and Mardonius, among others.[9] This temple of Apollo Abaeus was destroyed by the Persians during the invasion of Xerxes, and a second time by the Boeotians. It was rebuilt by Hadrian.[10]

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    Scott, James M. (2015-08-19). BACCHIUS IUDAEUS: A Denarius Commemorating Pompey's Victory over Judea. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. p. 50. ISBN 978-3-647-54045-0.
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    Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Abaeus". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2008-07-14. Retrieved 2008-05-12.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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    Bulfinch, Thomas (2004). The Age of Fable, Or, Beauties of Mythology. Biblo & Tannen Publishers. ISBN 978-0-8196-2810-7.
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    Hesychius of Alexandria. s.v. Ἄβαι
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    Herodotus, The Histories 8.33.1
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    Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 10.35.1
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    Bell, Robert E. (1989). Place-Names in Classical Mythology. ABC-CLIO. pp. 1. ISBN 0-87436-507-4.
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    Smith, William (1850). A New classical dictionary of biography, mythology, and geography. London: John Murray. pp. 1.

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