Abĭla, or Abyla, a mountain of Africa, in that part which is nearest to the opposite mountain called Calpe, on the coast of Spain, only eighteen miles distant. These two mountains are called the columns of Hercules, and were said formerly to be united, till the hero separated them, and made a communication between the Mediterranean and Atlantic seas. Strabo, bk. 3.—Mela, bk. 1, ch. 5; bk. 2, ch. 6.—Pliny, bk. 3.
Abisăres, an Indian prince, who offered to surrender to Alexander. Curtius, bk. 8, ch. 12.
Abisăris, a country beyond the Hydaspes in India. Arrian.
Abisontes, some inhabitants of the Alps. Pliny, bk. 3, ch. 20.
Ablētes, a people near Troy. Strabo.
Abnoba, a mountain of Germany. Tacitus, Germania, ch. 1.
Abobrĭca, a town of Lusitania. Pliny, bk. 4, ch. 20.——Another in Spain.
Abœcrĭtus, a Bœotian general, killed with a thousand men, in a battle at Chæronea, against the Ætolians. Plutarch, Aratus.
Abolāni, a people of Latium, near Alba. Pliny, bk. 5, ch. 5.
Abōlus, a river of Sicily. Plutarch, Timoleon.