Abas

Abas may refer to:
*Abas (sophist), a Greek sophist and rhetorician.
*An old persian measurement for pearls, prox. 0,1458 gram
*Several figures in Greek mythology share the name Abas, including:
**Abas, son of Poseidon and Arethusa. A Thracian by birth, Abas founded a tribe known as the Abantians or Abantes. Abas and his Abantian followers migrated to the island of Euboea, where he subsequently reigned as king. He was father of Chalcodon, and grandfather of Elephenor; the latter who led a contingent of Abantian warriors from Euboea to the Trojan War.
**Abas, a King of Argos. Such was his reputation as a warrior that it was said the very sight of his shield could put an enemy to flight. He was the son of Hypermnestra and Lynceus, and father of Acrisius and Proetus by his wife, Ocalea. Either this Abas or the Thracian Abas was the legendary founder of Abae, a city in Phocis
**An Argive seer, son of Melampus and Iphianeira. Abas married Cyrene, who bore him Lysimache, Idmon and Coeranus.
**A companion of Perseus Ovid V, 126
**A companion of Diomedes. Abas was prideful, arrogant towards Aphrodite, who turned him into a swan. Ovid XIV, 505
*Abas is the name of two friends of Aeneas in Roman mythology, a Trojan and an Etruscan. Virgil I, 121; X, 427
*abas ERP is the name of an enterprice resource planning solution
*ABAS AG is the name of a german software development company - specialising in development of enterprice resource planning solutions
*Salleh Abas, former Malaysian Lord President of the Federal Court
*Stephen Abas, American wrestler and Olympic silver medalist