TheAbantes orAbantians (Greek:Ἄβαντες,Ábantes) were an ancientGreek tribe. Their home wasEuboea.
History
editThe Abantes were aProto-Greek tribe. Aristotle considered them to beThracian and from thePhocian city ofAbae.[1][2] They migrated to the island ofEuboea.[1] Afterwards, it became known as Abantia or Abantis.[3][4] They also lived inArgos,Chalcis,Histiaea,Sikion,Cerinthus,Dios,Styra, Phocis,Epirus, andIllyria.[5][6]Arethousa, daughter ofHyperes, is said to have mothered Abas withPoseidon. According to myth Abas became the first king of the Abantes.[7][8] Abas had a son named Chalkodon who became the second king of the Abantes. He was killed byAmphitryon whilst besiegingThebes. His son wasElephenor, who became the third king of the Abantes.[9][10] In theIliad,Homer mentions the Abantes among theGreek allies in theTrojan War.[11][12] Their leader was Elephenor. The Trojan warriorAgenor killed Elephenor.[13] According toHomer they fought on the Greek side in theTrojan War with 40 warships. The Abantes had a reputation for being fierce spearmen and a warlike people.[14][15] When theTrojan War concluded, the Abantes wandered around for a while, and finally settled in the region ofThesprotia.[1]Herodotus states that many Abantes from Euboea had established colonies inChios andAsia Minor.[1][2] Homer described the Abantes wearing their hair short in the front and long in the back.[16] This style of haircut was designed to prevent enemy warriors from grabbing their hair.[17][18][19]
Colonies
editPausanias writes that they contributed to a colony fromThronium inThesprotis. The local area became known as Abantis. Eventually it was conquered byApollonia with the help ofCorinth.[20] Another colony was sent toChios, but eventually it was defeated and the survivors forced to flee.[21]
References
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- ^abChios: a conference at the Homereion in Chios, 1984, page 180 by John Boardman, C. E. Vaphopoulou-Richardson - 1986 "... made war upon the Abantes and Carians dwelling in Chios in his time, ...than this. Unlike the Carians the Abantes seem to have been Greeks"
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- ^Murray, Augustus (1924)."Illiad".ToposText.Archived from the original on July 3, 2022. Retrieved2023-02-03.
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- ^Hard, Robin (2019-12-09).The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology. Routledge.ISBN 978-1-317-22806-6.
- ^Hyginus,Fabulae 157
- ^Grant, Michael; Hazel, John (2004-08-02).Who's Who in Classical Mythology. Routledge.ISBN 978-1-134-50942-3.
- ^Smith, William (1867).Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. C.C. Little and J. Brown. p. 9.
- ^Homer.Iliad, 2.536–542.
- ^Carvalho, Joaquim (2006).Religion, Ritual and Mythology: Aspects of Identity Formation in Europe. PLUS, Pisa University Press.ISBN 978-88-8492-404-9.
- ^Homer.Iliad, 4.463-472.
- ^Tsetskhladze, G. R. (2018-07-17).Ancient Greeks West and East. BRILL. p. 123.ISBN 978-90-04-35125-7.
- ^Wheeler, Everett L. (2017-05-15).The Armies of Classical Greece. Routledge. p. 169.ISBN 978-1-351-89459-3.
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- ^Boardman, John (1973)."Heroic Haircuts".The Classical Quarterly.23 (2):196–197.doi:10.1017/S0009838800036661.ISSN 1471-6844.S2CID 246879334.
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- ^Anthon, Charles (1841).A Classical Dictionary: Containing an Account of the Principal Proper Names Mentioned in Ancient Authors, and Intended to Elucidate All the Important Points Connected with the Geography, History, Biography, Mythology, and Fine Arts of the Greeks and Romans. Together with an Account of Coins, Weights, and Measures, with Tabular Values of the Same. Harper & Brothers. p. 4.
- ^Pausanias.Description of Greece, 5.22.4.
- ^Pausanias.Description of Greece, 7.4.9.
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