Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable/Abdera
Abde′ra. A maritime town of Thrace, and in fable to have been founded by Abdēra, sister of Diomede. It was so overrun with rats that it was abandoned, and the Abderītans migrated to Macedonia.
Abde′ra. A maritime town of Thrace, and in fable to have been founded by Abdēra, sister of Diomede. It was so overrun with rats that it was abandoned, and the Abderītans migrated to Macedonia.