Atys
or ATTYS (at'is), in classical mythology, the shepherd lover of Cybēle, who, having broken the vow of chastity which he made her, castrated himself.
In Asia Minor Atys seems to have been a deity, with somewhat of the same character as Adonis.
AUBE (ōb), a N. E. French department; area, 2,326 square miles; pop about 240,000. The surface is undulating, and watered by the Aube, etc. The N. and N. W. districts are bleak and infertile, the S. districts remarkably fertile. A large extent of ground is under forests and vineyards, and the soil is admirable for grain, pulse, and hemp.
The chief manufactures are worsted and hosiery. Troyes is the capital. The river Aube, which gives name to the department, rises in Haute-Marne, flows N. W., and, after a course of 113 miles, joins the Seine. Capital, Troyes.