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

1. ↑ "Ἄβα - Ancient Greek (LSJ)". https://lsj.gr/wiki/Ἄβα.
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/ἄβα.

## Notes

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

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