Abia (mythology)
Abia ( ancient Greek Ἀβία ) is in Greek mythology the nurse of the Herakleiden Glenos , a son of Heracles and Deianeira .
After Hyllos , the leader of the Dorians during the Doric migration and brother of Glenos, is thrown back from the Peloponnese , Abia takes refuge in the city in Messenia, known since Homer as Ira ( Ἰρή ), and erects a sanctuary for Heracles. After the Peloponnese were taken by the Dorians, the city of Kresphontes was renamed Abia in honor of Abia .
The city later formed the border between Messenia and Laconia .
literature
- Theodor Schreiber : Abia . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 3 ( digitized version ).
- Gustav Hirschfeld : Abia . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 96.