Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Abas.
The gallery
Acrisius Orders Danaë and Perseus into the Chest
Triptolemos Painter, c. 490–480 BC
Attic red-figure of Acrisius casting Danaë and Perseus to sea — Abas' grandson in the Argive stemma, the dynasty that begins when Lynceus' son divides the kingdom between twin heirs.
Melampus healing the daughters of Proetus
Unknown (Lucanian red-figure), c. 4th century BC
Lucanian nestoris: Melampus cures the Proetides — Abas' other grandson Proetus' house, the twin line that fought Acrisius even in the womb.
In play
Abas (son of Lynceus)
Early king of Argos, son of Lynceus and Hypermnestra — father of the warring twins Acrisius and Proetus. Not the centaur Abas nor other catalogue namesakes.
Acrisius
Abas' son who rules Argos and locks Danaë away — the Perseid grandfather line descends through this twin.
Proetus
Abas' other son — the twin who takes Tiryns, host of Bellerophon and father of the Proetides.
Lynceus of Argos
Abas' father — the sole son of Aegyptus spared by Hypermnestra on the Danaids' wedding night.