The name Abantiades (Ἀβαντιάδης) generally signified a descendant of Abas, son of Lynceus, but was used especially to designate Perseus, the great-grandson of Abas,[1] and Acrisius, a son of Abas.[2] A female descendant of Abas, as Danaë and Atalante, was called Abantias.