ABANTES, a people who came originally from Thrace, and settled in Phœcia, a country of Greece, where they built a town which they called Abas, after the name of Abas their leader; and if we may credit some ancient authors, the Abantes went afterwards into the island Eubœa, now called Negropont: others say the Abantes of Eubœa came from Athens. The Abantes were a very warlike people, closing with their enemies, and fighting hand to hand.