304 THE EASTERN ORIGIN OF THE CELTS. 



state, affords some of tlie best exemplifications of the constancy of 

 proper names. Such are Scotitas, Acrite, Mesola, Malaea, Menelaus, 

 Amyclse, Qj]chalia, ^gila, Derrhium and Thyrides ; while Cythera, 

 off Malea, represents a memorial of Keturah. Laconia was the land 

 of Beth-Lechem. Amyclas himself was Mahalah ; his brother Cleo- 

 charis should have been his son Chalcol ; and Deritus, his son, is 

 Darda.-^^^ At Sparta Enyalius and Amphilochus had statues ; and 

 at Therapne there was a temple of Mars Therita.^'^'' Amphiaraus also 

 was worshipped at Sparta. Eumelus and Tyrtseus, as Spartan poets, 

 must have belonged to the Homeridse. Mr. Cox has drawn atten- 

 tion to the parallel which the story of Agamemnon, the brother of 

 Menelaus, presents to that of Amphiaraus. -^^^ The wife of the hero 

 in either case was slain by his sons, and the relation of Amphiaraus 

 to the Tyndaridse seems to suggest, along with the appearance of 

 such an Ishod-like name as ^gisfchus in the story, that a confusion 

 of legends pertaining to the Zimrite family had taken place in the 

 Spartan mythology. The family of Agamemnon at least fell under 

 a curse similar to that which has already so often been associated 

 with a name akin to that of Mahalah. Zaleucus, the Doric law- 

 giver, connecting with Draco, and who has been supposed to have 

 relations with Pythagoras and Zamolxis, may have been Chalco'. 

 Mr. Cox unites him with Horatius Codes, the Cyclopes, Oxylus, and 

 other one-eyed heroes.^"^ As he also connects them with the Scan- 

 dinavian Mimir, I incline to the belief that Eshcol and Mamre are 

 the originals of all tlie fables concerning these heroes. 



Turning to the islands of the Levant, Cyprus, which had intimate 

 relation with Phosnicia, maintained a priestly class of Tamyrads ; 

 and its geographical names, Golgoi and Treta, may have had for 

 their originals Chalcol and Darda.-^^" Crete contained almost all the 

 }iames ; Cimarus, Camara, Pheestus, Aptera, Metallum, AmyclteuLm, 

 Omphalia, Ampelus, perhaps Amphimalla, Minoa, Tarrha and Tityrus. 

 In Ci'ete lived the ancient king Melisseus, whose daughter, Amal- 

 thea, may easUy have been a Mylitta or Hammoleketh.^^' Her horn, 



122 Pausaii. vii. 18. 



123 lb. iii. 19. 



12* Aryan Mythology, ii. 189. 



12S lb. ii. 72, 88, 1S3. I find no reference that tlie imion of the one-eyed heroes to whom Mr. 

 Cox frequently alludes has been made by myself, unless it be that I have overlooked the passage 

 in which it occurs. Mr. Cox, however, notices the monocular character of all the persons 

 mentioned. 



120 GUignlaut, Religions de I'Antiquitfe, ii. 211, 1021. 



127 Died. Sic, V. 70. 



