Anzābe, a river near the Tigris. Marcellinus, bk. 18.
Aollius, a son of Romulus by Hersilia, afterwards called Abillius.
Aon, a son of Neptune, who came to Eubœa and Bœotia from Apulia, where he collected the inhabitants into cities, and reigned over them. They were called Aones, and the country Aonia, from him.
Aŏnes, the inhabitants of Aonia, called afterwards Bœotia. They came there in the age of Cadmus, and obtained his leave to settle with the Phœnicians. The muses have been called Aonides, because Aonia was more particularly frequented by them. Pausanias, bk. 9, ch. 3.—Ovid, Metamorphoses, bks. 3, 7, 10, 13; Tristia, poem 5, li. 10; Fasti, bk. 3, li. 456; bk. 4, li. 245.—Virgil, Georgics, bk. 3, li. 11.
Aonia, one of the ancient names of Bœotia.
Aōris, a famous hunter, son of Aras king of Corinth. He was so fond of his sister Arathyræa, that he called part of the country by her name. Pausanias, bk. 2, ch. 12.——The wife of Neleus, called more commonly Chloris. Pausanias, bk. 9, ch. 36.
Aornos, Aornus, Aornis, a lofty rock, supposed to be near the Ganges in India, taken by Alexander. Hercules had besieged it, but was never able to conquer it. Curtius, bk. 8, ch. 11.—Arrian, bk. 4.—Strabo, bk. 15.—Plutarch, Alexander.——A place in Epirus, with an oracle. Pausanias, bk. 9, ch. 80.——A certain lake near Tartessus.——Another near Baiæ and Puteoli. It was also called Avernus. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 6, li. 242.
Aōti, a people of Thrace, near the Getæ, on the Ister. Pliny, bk. 4.
Apaĭtæ, a people of Asia Minor. Strabo.
Apāma, a daughter of Artaxerxes, who married Pharnabazus satrap of Ionia.——A daughter of Antiochus. Pausanias, bk. 1, ch. 8.