Abatos

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Abatos, also Abaton, was a rocky island in the Nile, Egypt near Philae, which the Egyptian priests alone were permitted to enter. Abatos was mentioned by both Seneca^[1] and Lucan^[2]. The name was later used by astronomers for a plateau on the moon Triton.

[edit] References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography by William Smith (1856).
• Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), Map 80, inset.

1. ^ Seneca, Q. N. iv. 2
2. ^ Lucan, x.323

[edit] See also

• Abaton

[edit] External links

• egyptos.net (in French)