300 THE EASTERN ORIGIN OF THE CELTS. 



lis furnislies tlie name Ampliidamas, wliicli is that of tlie father of 

 Meilanion, and as Etam, Admetiis, that of the father of Eumelns, 

 who also is made Mahalah. Etam had no such son, his eldest born 

 being Jezreel. Hammoleketh was not of liis family ; so 1 come to 

 the conclusion that Mahalah was his connection by marriage, an 

 hypothesis which another legend, the scene of v/liich is laid in 

 Achaia, confirms. "'°' In Locris, the geographical names PliEestus a,nd 

 Tritsea probably refer to Ishod and Darda. There we find that 

 certain Theoi Meilichioi were worshipped, and these Bryant derives 

 from the Semitic Melek.'^"* Phocis furnishes Ambrysus, Tegyra, 

 Amphiclea, Hyampolis, Callichorus and Tritia. ^°^* In Homer we find 

 Sehedius as a Phocian name.^"^ The Phocean colonies also had Zim- 

 rite names, and, in particular, Massilia in Gaul, whicli was called 

 after Mahalah. In Boeotia, Amphiaraus had a place dedicated to his 

 worship ; and Agra, Mycalessus, Hsemon and Ocalea commemox-ated 

 two of his sons and an equal number of his grandsons. 



In Attica, the descendants of Darda were pre-eminent, exhibiting 

 their traces in Tliria, Thore^, Thoricus a,nd Deiiades. But Am- 

 phiaraus had a sanctuaiy there ; Agrse and Achar^e were memorials 

 of Ezer; and Amphiale and Melcenfe of Mahalah. Zeus Meilichios 

 was also worshipped in Attica."" With Attica, ^gina must be asso-. 

 ciated. Thence came the Myrmidons, whom I have already asserted 

 to be the progeny of the Amorite Mamre. Myrmidon himself is 

 confounded with his nephew Zimran, for Pisidice, a name derived 

 from Ishod, is made his wife, and Actor or Ezer his son.^" Actor 

 married Molione, a name recalling Mahalah, and among his sons were 

 Menoetius and Echeelus."'* The latter is plainly Chalcol his nephew, 

 and the former Meenothai, whom, in the commencement of this 

 paper, I asserted to be the son of Ezer. Menoetius married a certain 

 Sthenele, who should be Hathath, the daughter of Othniel, with 

 whom Meonothai is thus united in the book of Chronicles."^ Argos 



107 Vide Note 118. 



108 Pausan. x. 3S. Analysis of Ancient Mythology, i. 87. 



108* At Ambryssus Dictynna was worshipped, and near at hand was Medeon. These names 

 set forth Zimran, Jokshan, the nets, and Midian. ' '. 



109 Iliad, ii. 517, xv. 515. 



110 Pausan. i. 37. 



111 These Myrmidons were conneuted also with iEmonia in Thessaly. 



Ill* Actor is also made to have married ^^iiia, thus keeping up the nominal connection. 

 iEginetas also appears among the descendants of Amyelas or Mahalah. Pans. vii. IS. 



i'2 1 Chron. iv. 13, 14. Sthenelus is the Greek form of Othniel, the first letter of whicli is an 

 ■nyin. Menoetius is also made the son of Ceuthonjmiia, whichis a corruption of the Septuagint 

 name for Othniel, Godoniel. For the geographical connections of Meonothai and Ophrah his 

 sson, see the end of this paper. 



