Abaris
mythological figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
in the texts
The Histories
A legendary Hyperborean said to have carried an arrow around the world while fasting; Herodotus alludes to but refuses to narrate his story.
for I do not tell the story of that Abaris, alleged to be a Hyperborean, who carried the arrow over the whole world, fasting all the while.