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Excerpt from A Smaller Classical Dictionary of Biography, Mythology, and Geography: A New Edition of Sir William Smith's Larger Dictionary, Thoroughly Revised and in Part Re-Written Abae -arum; 'abau), a town in the nw. Of P oois, with a temple and oracle of Apollo, hence surnamed Abacus. The temple was destroyed in the invasion of Xerxes, and a second time in the sacred war: it was rebuilt by Hadrian. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.