ABAS

[Greek] The son of Lynceus and Hypermnestra, queen of Argos. According to some he was the founder of Abae in Phocis. The companion of Diomedes. Because of his pride, directed towards Aphrodite, he was turned into a swan by the goddess (Ovid XIV, 505). A companion of Perseus (Ovid V, 126). The names of two friends of Aeneas, a Trojan and an Etruscan (Virgil I, 121; X, 427).