From  this  qoarter  a  part  of  them  seem  to  have  remo-
ved to  Eoboea,  and  hence  its  name  Ahantias,  or  Aban-
liM{Slraia,  444).  Otbera  of  them  left  Eubcea,  and  aet-
thd  for  a  tine  in  Chios  ■  {Psua.  7,  if;  a  third  band,
retummg  with  eome  of  the  Locri  from  the  Ttojan  war,
inre  driven  to  the  coaet  of  Epims,  settled  in  part  of
Tbeqirotia,  inhabited  the  city  Thronium,  and  gave
ilw  name  Abantit  to  the  adjacent  territory  (Pout.  9,
R).  The  'Hiracian  origin  of  the  Abaotes  is  contest'
ed  by  Mamwrt  (8, 346),  though  sujqwrted,  in  some  de-
gree,  by  Arbtotle,  as  cited  by  Strabo. '  They  had  a
costora  of  CTitting  off  the  hair  of  the  head  before,  and
Mffenns  it  to  grow  long  behind  (II.  3,  54S).  Plutarch
'fU.  TVi.  6)  states,  Uwt  they  did  this  to  prevent  the
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them  by  tbefore  partof  theirbeada  llie  tnitli  is,tlMy
wore  the  hair  long  behind  aa  a  badge  of  vidoni,  and  so
the  Bcbdiaat  on  Homer  means  by  ivipaof  x^po'.
The  custom  of  wearing  long  hair  characterized  man^,  U.
not  all  of  the  wariilce  nationa  of  antiquity  ;  it  prevailed
among  the  Scythiana,  wboweiewontalao  locut  oflf  the
hair  of  their  captives  as  iadicstire  of  slavenr  (Hi^ci..
— Bayeri  Mem.  Scytk.  vn  comment.  Acad.  Petr.  ITSi,
p.  S88) ;  and  also  amon?  the  Tbracians,  Spaitwu
Gauls  {GaUi  cottuUi),  and  the  early  Romans  (tnAmsi
Samam).  As  to  the  origin  of  this  custom  amot^  the
Spartans,  Herodotua(l,82)  seems  to  be  in  error,  in  da-
ting it  from  the  battle  of  Thyrea,  since  Xenophon  (Lae.
