Abydos
place · 3 works · 8 mentions · 12 anchored passages
in the texts
The Histories
City on the Asian shore of the Hellespont from which Xerxes' bridges are built and his army departs to cross into Europe.
At the beginning of spring the army made ready and set forth from Sardis to march to Abydos.
The men who had been given this assignment made bridges starting from Abydos across to that headland;
On the Chersonese, which is on the Hellespont, between the city of Sestus and Madytus there is a broad headland running out into the sea opposite Abydos.
Iliad
Town on the Hellespont held by the contingent led by Asios.
They that dwelt about Perkote and Praktios, with Sestos, Abydos, and Arisbe - these were led by Asios, son of Hyrtakos, a brave commander - Asios, the son of Hyrtakos, whom his powerful dark bay steeds, of the breed that comes from the river Selleis, had brought from Arisbe.
His dart was not sped in vain, for it struck Demokoön, the bastard son of Priam, who had come to him from Abydos, where he had charge of his father's mares.
Apollo then went up to Hektor and spurred him on to fight, in the likeness of Phainops son of Asios who lived in Abydos and was the most favored of all Hektor's guests.
On the Crown
Greek city secured as an ally.
to secure the friendship and alliance of such places as Byzantium, Abydos, and Euboea;