244 THE SHEPHERD KINGS OP EGYPT. 



many places called Clialcis in different parts of Europe and Asia, are 

 memorials of tlie same son of Acliuzam. From him came tlie Greek 

 Chalkos, copper, which in Latin was called Aes after his father, and 

 Cuprum after his uncle Hepher. Chalkon, king of Cos, presents us 

 with the names in union, unless Cos be a reminiscence of Coz, the 

 son-in-law of Jehaleleel. The whole story of Jason and the Argos 

 nauts belongs to this family, Achuzam occurring under the names of 

 Aeson, Aeetes, Aegeus, »fec., the other actors being similarly multiplied 

 and confused, Colchis and lolchos and Elysium being also the same. 



Hepher appears in Hyperion, the head of the sun- worshipping race 

 of Colchis, whose wife is Thea, answering to Taia, wife of the 

 Egyptian Chebron Amenophis. There is a Neaera in this family, 

 and to it belongs, through Aurora, the line of Tithonus and Phsethon,. 

 which contains Othniel and his descendants. Sirius the dog-star, 

 Kenaz his father giving the Kuon, which in Aeschylus precedes it, is 

 the representative of the solar myth of the Caucasus. Sybaris, a 

 name of Aea, at once brings to mind the Sippara of Babylon, Sepher 

 of Palestine, and Sephres king of Egypt. Aea on the Phasis is, of 

 course, derived from Achuzam, the Babylonian Hea. The Acinasis 

 river may preserve the memory of Kenaz. 



The Ossetinians of Caucasus may claim Sheth or Ashtar as their 

 ancestor, or descend from Eshton the son of Mehir. It is worthy of 

 note, however, that Colchis is called Cytean, the latter word being 

 properly connected with Ceto and the Hittites, or people of Cheth, 

 who, if not the same as the Shethites, were at least part of the same 

 great family. Tyndaris in the neighbourhood of Cyta is the same 

 sign of an Ashchurite^ line as we have found in Tentyra of Egypt, 

 Tyndaris of Marmai'ica, the Tyndaridse of Phoenicia and Greece, and 

 the Indian Onderah. 



Asia Minor.^^ — There were Greeks in Asia Minor before there 

 were Greeks in Hellas, and these, together with the barbarian 

 peoples of that historical region, came from Palestine and Egypt. 



Mysia shows intimate relationships with Palestine and Egypt in- 

 the geographical names Abydos, Thebes, IsTagara ; Ida, which is 

 Edom or the mountain range of Idumea, with Gargarus for Karkor 



22 For similar reasons to those stated above (Note 20), I refer the reader to any good Classical 

 Dictionary for the names and facts alluded to within the areas of which Greek and Latin 

 writers have treated, instead of multiplying quotations from their works. In addition to such 

 an aid, I would recommend the books of tiuigniaut, already referred to, and the Abbe Banier, 

 with Cox's Aryan Mythology. 



