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is the name of a divinity found in inscriptions which were discovered at Comminges in France. (Gruter, Inscr. p. 37, 4; J. Scaliger, Lectiones Ausonianae, 1.9.) Buttmann (Mythologus, i. p. 167, &c.) considers Abellio to be the same name as Apollo, who in Crete and elsewhere was called Ἀβέλιος, and by the Italians and some Dorians Apello (Fest. s. v. Apellinem ; Eustath. ad Il. 2.99), and that the deity is the same as the Gallie Apollo mentioned by Caesar (Bell. Gall. 6.17), and also the same as Belis or Belenus mentioned by Tertullian (Apologet. 23) and Herodian (8.3; comp. Capitol. Maximin. 22). As the root of the word he recognises the Spartan Βέλα, i.e. the sun (Hesych. s. v.), which appears in the Syriac and Chaldaic Belus or Baal.

(Ἀβέρκιος), the supposed successor of St. Papias in the see of Hierapolis. flourished A. D. 150.

or AU'GARUS (Ἄβγαρος, Ἄκβαρος, Ἀυγαρος), a name common to many rulers of Edessa, the capital of the district of Osrhoene in Mesopotamia. It seems to have been a title and not a proper name. (Procop. Bell. Pers. 2.12.) For the history of these kings see Bayer, " Historia Osrhoena et Edessena ex nummis illustrate," Petrop. 1734. Of these the most important are :

1. The ally of the Romans under Pompey, who treacherously drew Crassus into an unfavorable position before his defeat. He is called Augarus by Dio Cassius (40.20), Acbarus the phylarch of the Arabians in the Parthian history ascribed to Appian (p. 34. Schw.), and Ariamnes by Plutarch. (Crass. 21.)

2. The contemporary of Christ. See the following article.