Aba (mythology)

Short description: Thracian naiad nymph in Greek mythology

Template:Greek myth (nymph)In Greek mythology, Aba (Ancient Greek:) was a Thracian naiad nymph from the town of Ergisce in Ciconia.^[1] She became the mother of a son Ergiscus by Poseidon, after whom Çatalca (Ergisce) took its name.^[2]^[3]^[4] Aba is presumed to be a daughter of the river Hébros (Ἕβρος).

Etymology

The source is uncertain, but it is likely related to aúo (αὔω, 'to shout, to call').^[5] It is also speculated that it denotes a large Mediterranean sea-cow.^[6] Additionally, it is also coincidentally the Aiolic variation of the Doric word hébe (ἥβη, 'youth').^[7]

References

↑ "Ἄβα - Ancient Greek (LSJ)". https://lsj.gr/wiki/%E1%BC%8C%CE%B2%CE%B1.
↑ Suida, Suda Encyclopedia s.v. Ergiske; Etymologicum Magnum s.v. Ἐργίσκη
↑ McInerney, Jeremy (2010). The Folds of Parnassos: Land and Ethnicity in Ancient Phokis. University of Texas Press. p. 130. ISBN 9780292786301.
↑ Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 9. ISBN 9780786471119.
↑ Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; Jones, Sir Henry Stuart; McKenzie, Roderick (1940). A Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 9780198642268. https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry=au)/w2. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
↑ Witczak, Krzysztof Tomasz (2022). "Reflections on the Thracian Sea-Nymph Aba". Vestnik Drevnei Istorii 82 (1): 32–43. doi:10.31857/S032103910013373-3. https://ras.jes.su/vdi/s032103910013373-3-1-en. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
↑ "ἄβα - Ancient Greek (LSJ)". https://lsj.gr/wiki/%E1%BC%84%CE%B2%CE%B1.

Notes

Suida, Suda Encyclopedia translated by David Whitehead. Online version at the Topos Text Project.

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[1] "Ἄβα - Ancient Greek (LSJ)". https://lsj.gr/wiki/%E1%BC%8C%CE%B2%CE%B1.

[2] Suida, Suda Encyclopedia s.v. Ergiske; Etymologicum Magnum s.v. Ἐργίσκη

[3] McInerney, Jeremy (2010). The Folds of Parnassos: Land and Ethnicity in Ancient Phokis. University of Texas Press. p. 130. ISBN 9780292786301.

[4] Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 9. ISBN 9780786471119.

[5] Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; Jones, Sir Henry Stuart; McKenzie, Roderick (1940). A Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 9780198642268. https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry=au)/w2. Retrieved 30 July 2023.

[6] Witczak, Krzysztof Tomasz (2022). "Reflections on the Thracian Sea-Nymph Aba". Vestnik Drevnei Istorii 82 (1): 32–43. doi:10.31857/S032103910013373-3. https://ras.jes.su/vdi/s032103910013373-3-1-en. Retrieved 30 July 2023.

[7] "ἄβα - Ancient Greek (LSJ)". https://lsj.gr/wiki/%E1%BC%84%CE%B2%CE%B1.

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Aba (mythology)

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Etymology

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