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ABAE ("A(3ar.)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 6 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ABAE ("A(3ar.)  , a See also:town in the N.E. corner of See also:Phocis, in See also:Greece, famous in See also:early times for its See also:oracle of See also:Apollo, one of those consulted by See also:Croesus (See also:Herod. i . 46) . It was See also:rich in treasures (Herod. viii . 33), but was sacked by the Persians, and the See also:temple remained in a ruined See also:state . The oracle was, however, still consulted, e.g. by the Thebans before See also:Leuctra (Paus. iv . 32 . 5) . The temple seems to have been burnt again during the Sacred See also:War, and was in a very dilapidated state when seen by See also:Pausanias (x . 35), though some restoration, as well as the See also:building of a new temple, was undertaken by See also:Hadrian . The sanctity of the See also:shrine ensured certain privileges to the See also:people of See also:Abae (See also:Bull . Corresp . See also:Hell. vi .

171), and these were confirmed by the See also:

Romans . The polygonal walls of the See also:acropolis may still be seen in a See also:fair state of preserva-tion on a circular See also:hill See also:standing about 500 ft. above the little See also:plain of Exarcho ; one gateway remains, and there are also traces of town walls below . The temple site was on a See also:low See also:spur of the hill, below the town . An early See also:terrace See also:wall supports a See also:precinct in which are a See also:stoa and some remains of temples ; these were excavated by the See also:British School at See also:Athens in 1894, but very little was found . See also W . M . See also:Leake, Travels in See also:Northern Greece, ii. p . 163; See also:Journal of Hellenic Studies, xvi. pp . 291-312 (V . W . See also:Yorke) . (E .

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