Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology/Abantiades

by Various Authors

ABANTI’ADES (Ἀβαντιάδης) signifies in general a descendant of Abas, but is used especially to designate Perseus, the great-grandson of Abas (Ov. Met. iv. 673, v. 138, 236), and Acrisius, a son of Abas. (Ov. Met. iv. 607.) A female descendant of Abas, as Danaë and Atalante, was called Abantias. [L. S.]