In Greek mythology, Aba (Ancient Greek: Ἄβα, romanized: Ába, lit. 'wheel, shout') was a Thracian naiad nymph from the town of Ergisce in Ciconia.[1] She became the mother of a son Ergiscus by Poseidon, after whom Çatalca (Ergisce) took its name.[2][3][4] Aba is presumed to be a daughter of the river Hébros (Ἕβρος).
Etymology
editThe source is uncertain, but it is likely related to aúo (αὔω, 'to shout, to call').[5] It is also speculated that it denotes a large Mediterranean sea-cow.[6] Additionally, it is also coincidentally the Aiolic variation of the Doric word hébe (ἥβη, 'youth').[7]
References
edit- ^ "Ἄβα - Ancient Greek (LSJ)". Liddell, Scott, Jones Ancient Greek Lexicon. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ^ Suida, Suda Encyclopedia s.v. Ergiske; Etymologicum Magnum s.v. Ἐργίσκη
- ^ McInerney, Jeremy (2010). The Folds of Parnassos: Land and Ethnicity in Ancient Phokis. University of Texas Press. p. 130. ISBN 9780292786301.
- ^ Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 9. ISBN 9780786471119.
- ^ Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; Jones, Sir Henry Stuart; McKenzie, Roderick (1940). A Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 9780198642268. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ^ Witczak, Krzysztof Tomasz (2022). "Reflections on the Thracian Sea-Nymph Aba". Vestnik Drevnei Istorii. 82 (1): 32–43. doi:10.31857/S032103910013373-3. S2CID 247806161. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ^ "ἄβα - Ancient Greek (LSJ)". Liddell, Scott, Jones Ancient Greek Lexicon. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
Notes
edit- Suida, Suda Encyclopedia translated by David Whitehead. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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