Abron

or Habron (Ἄβρων or Ἅβρων). 1 Son of the Attic orator Lycurgus. (Plut. Vit. dec. Orat. p. 843.)

2. The son of Callias, of the deme of Bate in Attica, wrote on the festivals and sacrifices of the Greeks. (Steph. Byz. s. v. Βατή.) He also wrote a work περὶ παρωνύμων, which is frequently referred to by Stephanus Byz. (s.v. Ἀγάθη, Ἄργος, &c.) and other writers.

3. A grammarian, a Phrygian or Rhodian, a pupil of Tryphon, and originally a slave, taught at Rome under the first Caesars. (Suidas, s. v. Ἄβρων.)

4. A rich person at Argos, from whom the proverb Ἄβρωνος Βίος, which was applied to extravagant persons, is said to have been derived. (Suidas, s. v.)