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exhibits few geographical traces of the Cymri. Zeus Meilichios, 

 however, was worshipped within its borders ; and Umbilicus, near 

 Phlius, which contained a place sacred to Amphiaraus, may have 

 been a corruption of Amphilochus."^ Epidaurus may be a record of 

 Abishur ; the rivers Sythaa of Ishod ; and Thyrea of Dara. Argolis 

 is famous as the supposed home of Amphiaraus. His reputed father 

 Oicles may have been Eshcol his uncle, and his son Amphilochus, as 

 naming Mallus and similar places, should represent Mahalah. 

 Alcmseon was made another son of Amphiaraus.'" This name must 

 relate to the family of Hammoleketh, which I have already intimated 

 was that of Beth-Lechem, or the Arabian Lakm and Lokman and 

 the Indian Lakshman. "With it also the Etruscan Lucumo is con- 

 nected. Tiresias and Oalchas, intimately associated with Amphiaraus 

 and Amphilochus, and, like them, famous soothsayers and poets, point 

 to Ghalcol and Darda, two wise men who were thought worthy of 

 comparison with Solomon. "'^^ Baton, the charioteer and relative of 

 Amphiaraus, must be Bedan, the grandson of Peresh, the nephew of 

 Zimran. "* His wife Eriphyle seems to exhibit a confusion of Zim- 

 ran with Mahalah, for he was the violator of Arriphe ; and the 

 famous necklace of ErijDhyle is the Indian Mekhali, the collar of 

 Malachi, the torque of Manlius Torquatus. "^* A curse rests upon 

 Alcmgeon, similar to that which fell upon Tmolus, Milo, Meilanioa 

 and Meleager. The relation of Meleager to (Eneus may find an illus- 

 tration in the flight of Alcmseon to the (Eniadse. The Zimrite names 

 Megacles and Hippocrates, forms of Mahalah and Abiezer, belonged 

 to the Alcmgeonidaa. It was Megacles that directed the slaughter of 

 Gylon and his companions, who at Athens had risen in rebellion 

 against the legal code of Draco, and who, having fled for refuge to 

 the sanctuary of the Eumenides, were slain at the altars."'' The 

 name Megacles, the Alcmseonid connection, the profanation of the 

 temple, and the curse which followed it, seem to refer us to the 

 ancient story which already five times has appeared in relation to 



"3 Pausan. ii. 20. 



11* It is probable that Alcmason is but another name of Mahalah, derived from his mother's 

 family. 

 Ill* Chariclo, the mother of Tiresias, bears a Kurigalzu or Jezreel-like name. 



115 Pausan. x. 10. 



115* For the connection of Eriphyle with Hammoleketh see note 147. Mylitta or Beltis was 

 soTcetimes made "the Lady of Arbela," and Harpalus is called the son of Amyclas. Eriphyle, 

 HierophUe, Arbela and Harpalus are the same word. 



116 Herodot. v. 71. Vide Rawlinson's notes in loe. 



