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and Aeropus, Mygdon and Coroebus, perhaps Dexamenus and Tliera- 

 phone. Europs, Phorbas and Triopas, of tbe Argive line, may be the 

 same Harepb. Penuel and Jered, eacb of whom is called the father 

 of Gedor, must, I think, connect with the Centaur (Ge^^dor) line, of 

 which he is the head as Pirithous, who, true to the relationship, is 

 the son of Ixion or Achuzam. The Indian Maruts and Rudras, who 

 are horsemen, favour this connection. 



Acarnania. — The rivers Achelous and Inachus set forth Jehaleleel 

 and the Anakim. The Echinades or Oxiae are the islands of Achuzam, 

 and the Taphians near at hand are the maritime Ziphites. The 

 Curetes and Leleges, fabled once to have inhabited this region, are 

 the descendants of Zereth and Jehaleleel. Locris and Acarnania 

 have connections perhaps with the Karnaim of Ashteroth or Achash- 

 tari, whose name may survive in Astacus of the latter, or with Eker 

 the son of Ram and the eponym of Ekron, who is also, I think, the 

 Cecrops of Attica. 



Epirus contains a large number of Ashchurite names. Aidoneus, 

 the king of the Molossi, is Achuzam, who has been identified with 

 Hades and similar words, and who is also the father of the Egyptian 

 Philitis or Balot, who is Pluto. Cassope of the Molossi may be a 

 reminiscence of the Palestinian Ziph and Malatha. The Aous or 

 Aeas retains the memory of Achuzam. Epirus itself derived its 

 name from Hepher, Dodona being perhaps a form of Othniel. 



Thessaiy. — It would be vain to attempt an enumertition of locali- 

 ties bearing Ashchurite names in this comatry. Let a few of them 

 suffice. Ascuris and Sy curium represent Ashchur ; Ossa, Aesone, 

 Oxynia, Echinus and Ctimene, Achuzam ; Pherae and Cyphara, 

 Hepher ; Hestiaeotis and Asterium, Achashtari ; Gyrton and Itonus, 

 Zereth and Ethnan. lolcos, Sepias, Orminium, Enipeus, Phthiotis, 

 Thebes, Boebeis, Othrys, Eurotas and Scotussa represent respectively 

 Jehaleleel, Ziph, Harum, Anub, Jabez, Zobebah, Jether, Jered and 

 the Sucathites of Heber. Pagasae, (Echalia and Cyplius are other 

 memorials of Achuzam, his son and grandson. Jupiter Actaeus, 

 worshipped at lolcos, may be Achuzam. Aeolis was an old name of 

 Thessaiy, which itself may be derived from Jehaleleel. The Aleuadae, 

 at any rate, among whom the name Scopas appears, and who were 

 the Tagoi of Thessaiy, belonged to the family of Jehaleleel in the 

 line of Ziph, their title being a reminiscence of Tekoa. Ci-etheus of 

 lolcos is of course Zereth. 



