Abas (son of Ixion)
Abas ( Greek Ἄβας ) was a centaur and a good hunter in Greek mythology . He was the son of Ixion and the Nephele . When he took part in the wedding of Peirithoos and a fight broke out between the Centaurs and the Lapiths , he could only escape by fleeing.
literature
- Johannes Toepffer : Abas 4) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 19.
- Roscher: Abas 7) . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 2 ( digitized version ).
Remarks
- ^ Ovid , Metamorphoses 12, 306.