anciently a town built by the Milesians in Asia, on the Hellespont, where it is scarce a mile over, opposite to Selos on the European side, (Dionysius Periegetes.) Now both called the Dardanelles. Abydos lay midway between Lampacus and Ilium, famous for Xerxes's bridge, (Herodotus, Virgil;) and for the loves of Leander and Hero, (Musaeus, Ovid;) celebrated also for its oxen, (Ennius, Virgil.) The inhabitants were a soft, effeminate people, given much to detraction; hence the proverb, Ne temere Abydum, when we would caution against danger, (Stephanus.)

(Strabo, Pliny;) anciently an inland town of Egypt, between Ptolemais and Diospolis Parva, towards Syene; famous for the palace of Memnon, and the temple of Osiris. A colony of Mileians; (Stephanus.)