Abas (sophist)

Ancient Greek sophist and rhetorician

For other uses, see Abas (disambiguation).

Abas

Philosophical work
Era| Roman
Region| Greece
School| Sophism

Abas (Greek: Ἄβας) was an ancient Greek sophist and a rhetorician about whose life nothing is known. The Suda ascribes to him historical commentaries (in Greek ιστoρικά απoμνηατα) and a work on rhetoric (in Greek τέχνη ρητoρική). Photius in his Myrobiblion quotes from him, belonging probably to the former work, saying that Abas said the name of the wife of Candaulus in Greek mythology was not Nysai but Abro.[1]

## References

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1. ^ Photius, Myrobiblion 190

## Sources

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* "Abas" in Suda
* Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Abas (1)"[usurped], Boston, (1867)
*  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Abas". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

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