Excerpt from A Smaller Classical Dictionary of Biography, Mythology, and Geography: Abridged From the Larger Dictionary
Abae -arum), an ancient town of Phocis, on the boundaries of Boeotia; celebrated for an ancient temple and oracle of Apollo, who hence derived t e surname of Abacus.
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