Abantes
The Abantes or Abantians (Greek: Ἄβαντες, Ábantes) were an ancient Greek tribe. Their home was Euboea.
Origins[]
The Abantes were a Proto-Greek tribe,[1][2] which settled in the island of Euboea.[1] When the Trojan War concluded, the Abantes wandered around for a while, and finally settled in the region of Thesprotia.[1] Herodotus states that many Abantes from Euboea had established colonies in Chios and Asia Minor.[1][2]
The Iliad[]
In the Iliad, Homer mentions the Abantes among the Greek allies in the Trojan War.[3] Their leader was Elephenor the son of Chalkodon. The Trojan warrior Agenor killed Elephenor.[4]
Colonies[]
Pausanias writes that they contributed to a colony from Thronium in Thesprotis. The local area became known as Abantis. Eventually it was conquered by Apollonia with the help of Corinth.[5]
Another colony was sent to Chios, but eventually it was defeated and the survivors forced to flee.[6]
References[]
- ^ a b c d Protopsaltis, Demetrios (2012). An Encyclopedic Chronology of Greece and Its History. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-4691-4001-8.
- ^ a b Chios: 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"
- ^ Homer. Iliad, 2.536–542.
- ^ Homer. Iliad, 4.463-472.
- ^ Pausanias. Description of Greece, 5.22.4.
- ^ Pausanias. Description of Greece, 7.4.9.
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