Abaris (Caucasian)

In Ovid's Metamorphoses, Abaris (Ancient Greek: Ἄβαρις) is a companion of Phineus.[1] He is killed by the hero Perseus, along with the other Ethiopian chiefs, during his battle with Phineus, brother of the king and betrothed of Andromeda:

"And next he [i.e. Perseus] slew Caucasian Abaris, and Polydaemon—from Semiramis nobly descended—and Sperchius, son, Lycetus, long-haired Elyces, unshorn, Clytus and Phlegias, the hero slew;—and trampled on the dying heaped around"[2]

Note

  1. ↑ RE, s.v. Abaris (3).
  2. ↑ Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.86 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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