From Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (London, 1880)

ABANTI'ADES ('Abantiades) signifies in general a descendant of Abas, but is used especially to designate Perseus, the great-grandson of Abas, (Ov. Met. iv. 673, v. 138, 236), and Acrisius, a son of Abas. (Ov. Met. iv. 607) A female descendent of Abas, as Danae and Atlante, was called Abantias.

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