Abaris (Caucasian)
In Ovid's Metamorphoses, Abaris (Ancient Greek: Ἄβαρις) is a companion of Phineus.[1] He is killed by the hero Perseus, along with the other Ethiopian chiefs, during his battle with Phineus, brother of the king and betrothed of Andromeda:
- "And next he [i.e. Perseus] slew Caucasian Abaris, and Polydaemon—from Semiramis nobly descended—and Sperchius, son, Lycetus, long-haired Elyces, unshorn, Clytus and Phlegias, the hero slew;—and trampled on the dying heaped around"[2]
Note
- ^ RE, s.v. Abaris (3).
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.86 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
References
- Ovid, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Ovid, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft, Band I, Halbband 1, edited by Georg Wissowa, Stuttgart, J. B. Metzler, 1893. Wikisource.