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{{short description|Ancient Greek mythological queen}}
{{For|another use|Abrota (butterfly)}}
In [[Greek mythology]], '''Abrota''', '''Abróte''', or '''Habrotê''' ([[Greek language|Ancient Greek]]: {{lang|grc|Ἀβρώτη/Ἁβρώτη}}) was the daughter of eponymous King [[Onchestos (mythology)|Onchestοs]] of the [[Boeotia]]n city of [[Onchestos]] and sister of [[Megareus of Onchestus|Megareus]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bell|first=Robert E.|title=Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=1991|isbn=9780874365818|pages=1}}</ref> [[Nisos]], the king of [[Megara]] in the time of his reign married her and the supposed mother of his daughters, [[Scylla (princess)|Scylla]],<ref>[[Hyginus (Fabulae)|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#198 198]</ref> [[Iphinoe (mythology)|Iphinoe]]<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+1.39.6&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Iphinoe 1.39.6]</ref> and [[Eurynome (daughter of Nisus)|Eurynome]]<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Catalogue of Women|Ehoiai]]'' fr. 7</ref><sub>.</sub>

== Mythology ==
On the death of his beloved wife, Abrota, Nisos commanded all the Megarian women to wear a garment of the same kind as Abrota had worn, which was called aphábroma ({{lang|grc|ἀφάβρωμα}}) and was still in use in the time of [[Plutarch]].<ref>{{Citation|last=Smith|first=William|title=[[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]]|volume=1|pages=3|year=1867|editor-last=Smith|editor-first=William|contribution=Abrota|contribution-url=http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0012.html|place=Boston, MA|author-link=William Smith (lexicographer)|access-date=2007-09-08|archive-date=2005-12-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051231191519/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0012.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><blockquote>When Nisus, from whom Nisaea acquired its name, was king, he took a wife from Boeotia, Habrotê, daughter of Onchestus, the sister of Megareus, a woman who, as it appears, was both exceptionally intelligent and remarkably discreet. When she died, the Megarians mourned her with one accord, and Nisus, wishing that her memory and her repute should be established everlastingly, ordered the women of the city to wear the garment that she used to wear; and because of her he called the garment aphabroma. Even the god seems to have furthered the repute of this woman, for often, when the Megarian women wished to make a change in their raiment, he prevented them by an oracle.<ref>[[Plutarch]], ''Quaestiones Graecae'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plut.+Quaes.+Gr.+16&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0216:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Abrota 16 p. 295a]   ''{{PD-notice}}''</ref></blockquote>

==References==
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==See also==
* Bell, Robert E., ''Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary''. [[ABC-Clio]]. 1991. {{ISBN|9780874365818|0874365813}}.
*[[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
*[[Hesiod]], ''Catalogue of Women'' from ''Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica'' translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HesiodCatalogues.html Online version at theoi.com]
* [[Plutarch|Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus]], ''Moralia'' with an English Translation by Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0215 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0213 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].

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[[Category:Princesses in Greek mythology]]
[[Category:Queens in Greek mythology]]
[[Category:Women in Greek mythology]]
[[Category:Mythological Boeotians]]
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