# Abaeus

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Toponymic epithet for the Greek god Apollo

**Abaeus** ([Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek): Ἀβαῖος) was a [toponymic](/source/Toponym) [epithet](/source/Epithet) of the [Greek god](/source/Greek_mythology) [Apollo](/source/Apollo),[1][2] derived from the [town](/source/Town) of [Abae](/source/Abae) in [Phocis](/source/Phocis),[3][4][5] where the god had a rich temple renowned for its [oracles](/source/Oracle),[6][7][8] which were said to have been consulted by [Croesus](/source/Croesus) and [Mardonius](/source/Mardonius_(general)), among others.[9] This temple of Apollo Abaeus was destroyed by the [Persians](/source/Persia) during the invasion of [Xerxes](/source/Xerxes_I_of_Persia), and a second time by the [Boeotians](/source/Boeotia). It was rebuilt by [Hadrian](/source/Hadrian).[10]

## Sources

- [Herodotus](/source/Herodotus), *Histories* [8.33](https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hdt.%208.33&lang=original)

- [Pausanias](/source/Pausanias_(geographer)), *Description of Greece* [10.33.1](https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.%2010.35.1&lang=original)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Coulter, Charles Russell; Turner, Patricia (2013-07-04). [*Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities*](https://books.google.com/books?id=VWxekbhM1yEC). Routledge. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-135-96397-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-135-96397-2).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Scott, James M. (2015-08-19). [*BACCHIUS IUDAEUS: A Denarius Commemorating Pompey's Victory over Judea*](https://books.google.com/books?id=2QuFCgAAQBAJ). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. p. 50. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3-647-54045-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-647-54045-0).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-DGRBM_3-0)** Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). ["Abaeus"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080714093030/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0010.html). In Smith, William (ed.). *[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology](/source/Dictionary_of_Greek_and_Roman_Biography_and_Mythology)*. Vol. 1. Boston. p. 1. Archived from [the original](http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0010.html) on 2008-07-14. Retrieved 2008-05-12.{{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Sheard, K. M. (2011). [*Llewellyn's Complete Book of Names for Pagans, Wiccans, Witches, Druids, Heathens, Mages, Shamans & Independent Thinkers of All Sorts who are Curious about Names from Every Place and Every Time*](https://books.google.com/books?id=FVyHTUQnnBgC). Llewellyn Worldwide. p. 29. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7387-2368-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7387-2368-6).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Bulfinch, Thomas (2004). [*The Age of Fable, Or, Beauties of Mythology*](https://books.google.com/books?id=FR_nPQVydcAC). Biblo & Tannen Publishers. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8196-2810-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8196-2810-7).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Hesychius of Alexandria](/source/Hesychius_of_Alexandria). *s.v.* Ἄβαι

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [Herodotus](/source/Herodotus), *[The Histories](/source/Histories_(Herodotus))* [8.33.1](https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0126%3Abook%3D8%3Achapter%3D33)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [Pausanias](/source/Pausanias_(geographer)), [*Graeciae Descriptio* 10.35.1](https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.%2010.35.1&lang=original)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Bell, Robert E. (1989). [*Place-Names in Classical Mythology*](https://archive.org/details/placenamesinclas00bell/page/1). [ABC-CLIO](/source/ABC-CLIO). pp. [1](https://archive.org/details/placenamesinclas00bell/page/1). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-87436-507-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87436-507-4).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** [Smith, William](/source/William_Smith_(lexicographer)) (1850). [*A New classical dictionary of biography, mythology, and geography*](https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5_oGAAAAQAAJ). London: [John Murray](/source/John_Murray_(publishing_house)). pp. [1](https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5_oGAAAAQAAJ/page/n12).

## Bibliography

- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the [public domain](/source/Public_domain): Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "[Abaeus](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_Greek_and_Roman_Biography_and_Mythology/Abaeus)". In [Smith, William](/source/William_Smith_(lexicographer)) (ed.). *[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology](/source/Dictionary_of_Greek_and_Roman_Biography_and_Mythology)*. Vol. 1. p. 1.

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