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self is the hero from whom the neighbouring Laconian district of 

 Sciritis took its name, as well as the Sciria, or feast of Bacchus, at 

 Alea. His town, Tekoa, survived in Tegea, and he himself is Tegeates, 

 called a son of Lycaon, and the husband of Maera, daughter of 

 Nereus, who is Naarah. Nonacris, the wife of Lycaon, and the 

 name of a city of Arcadia, represents the same consort of the father 

 of Tekoa. The Phulakeis of Tegea recall Pollux, Pilku and many 

 connected names. The gigantic skeleton of Orestes, said to have 

 been found in the same city, bears witness to the Herculean stature 

 of the Ashchurites. Lycaon, whose name appears in many parts of 

 the primitive history of the Arcadians, although properly the Lakhm 

 or Lechem after whom Bethlehem or Beth Lechem was called, stands 

 sometimes in the place of Ashchur, because, as I have already stated, 

 Helah, the wife of the latter, belonged to the family of Salma. 

 Among the sons of Lycaon, Achuzam is represented by Acacus, 

 founder of Acacesium, and by Aegseon, who is the same person as 

 the so-called TJranid, one of the Hekatoncheires, also termed Briareus, 

 the latter being really his son Perieres or Paruravas, Jehaleleel. 

 Aegaeus, as a name of Neptune, helps likewise to confirm the con- 

 nection of Poseidon and Achuzam. Another son of Lycaon, more 

 famous than either of these, is Nyctimus, a form of Ctimenus, with 

 which we have found the word Achuzam to agree. His daughter 

 Callisto, who is also made daughter of Lycaon or of Ceteus, the 

 Hittite, is Yirgo Nonacrina, thus recalling the name of his mother 

 Naarah, or Naaran. "With Achuzam, in the Buddha form of his 

 name, we must connect Phthius, son of Lycaon, and Aphidas, father 

 of Aleus, the latter being Jehaleleel. Still another name for him is, 

 as we have already seen, Phegeus, king of Psophis or Ziph. Yet 

 Phegeus, as father of Axion and Temenus, sometimes represents 

 Ashchur, the beech replacing the ash. The annals of Argos, how- 

 ever, will show the identity of the Phikean name Phegeus with 

 Achuzam. Aleus is made son of Neara instead of gi-andson, and is 

 appropriately the head of the Tegean line. His son Cepheus is Ziph, 

 and Aeropus — made son of Cepheus and also of Phegeus — represents 

 Arba ; while Ancaeus, another grandson of Aleus, is Anak. It can 

 hardly be that Arba was a son of Ziph, yet he must connect in some 

 way with his family. The not very common name Amphidamas has 

 already appeared, denoting a son of Busiris or Ashchur, and it now 

 reappears as that of a brother of Cepheus. Caphyae and Sepia are 



