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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.
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