Abia (mythology)

Abia (mythology)

Abia (Ἀβία) was, in Greek mythology, the nursemaid of Hyllus, a son of Heracles.Citation
last = Schmitz
first = Leonhard
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contribution = Abia
editor-last = Smith
editor-first = William
title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
volume = 1
pages = 2
publisher =
place =
year = 1867
contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0011.html
] She built a temple of Heracles at Ira in Messenia, for which the Heraclid Cresphontea afterwards honored her in various other ways, and also by changing the name of the town of Ira into Abia. [Pans. iv. 30. § L]

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