The Herodotus Encyclopedia. Группа авторов
4) Miscellaneous
| accus. | accusative |
| Akkad. | Akkadian |
| Arab. | Arabic |
| Aram. | Aramaic |
| bce | Before Common Era (= bc) |
| c. | circa (“around/about,” with dates) |
| ce | Common Era (= ad) |
| cf. | compare/see also (confer) |
| contra | against (the idea previously stated) |
| ed., eds. | editor, editors |
| e.g. | for example (exempli gratia) |
| Eg. | Egyptian |
| Elam. | Elamite |
| F, FF | fragment, fragments |
| Gk. | Greek |
| Heb. | Hebrew |
| i.e. | that is (id est) |
| l., ll. | line, lines |
| MS, MSS | manuscript, manuscripts |
| no. | number |
| nom. | nominative |
| OIr, OP | Old Iranian, Old Persian (an asterisk indicates a word unattested in the surviving evidence but reconstructed by modern linguists) |
| p., pp. | page, pages |
| pace | despite (what the author cited says) |
| pl. | plural |
| r. | ruled |
| sing. | singular |
| s.v. | sub verbum, (that is, under the headword) |
| T, TT | testimonium, testimonia |
MAPS
Map 1 The Mediterranean Basin and Europe
Map 2 The Aegean Basin and Greece
Map 3 The Eastern Mediterranean and Asia
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ABAE ( Ἄβαι, αἱ)
JEREMY MCINERNEY
University of Pennsylvania
Abae was the site of an important oracle of APOLLO. Located in PHOCIS (BA 55 D3), the sanctuary is described by Herodotus as rich, and well‐stocked with TREASURIES and votive offerings. The Phocians dedicated 2,000 shields at Abae after defeating the THESSALIANS in the famous night‐time battle, when they covered themselves in chalk and terrified their opponents (8.27). In the ARCHAIC AGE the sanctuary rivaled DELPHI. The Phocians dedicated statue groups both at Abae and Delphi to commemorate their victory over the Thessalians, and the oracle at Abae was one of the six Greek ORACLES tested by CROESUS (1.46.2).
Excavations by the German Archaeological Institute at Kalapodi have brought to light a sanctuary continuously used for cult purposes as far back as the Middle Helladic period (c. 2100–1600 BCE). The excavator, Wolf‐Dietrich