PRIMITIVE HISTORY OF THE lONIANS. 421 



Anakim, who were di-iven out of Kirjatli Ai'ba, or Hebron.'-" One 

 of the sons of Anak the son of Arba was Tahnai, his brothers being 

 Sheshai and Ahiman. Sheshai is not unlike Sheshan — the name of a 

 descendant of Appaim — in form, and Achiman is very like Achban.'^^ 

 It is possible, therefoi-e, especially as Hebron is Kirjath Arba, and 

 we have found the son of Mareshah bearing that name in connection 

 with the family of Shammai, that the three chiefs of the Anakim 

 were of Onite parentage, and that they were the leaders of an Ionian 

 colony into the region of Geshuri. They may possibly have been 

 Heraclids of the family of Acharchel, the son of Harum.'^^ 



Before dismissing the Palestinian connections of the tribes of 

 Onam, I would direct attention to the Hebrew word " Ideona," 

 denoting " a wizard," which is derived from the root " Jadag," and 

 which Bryant, although utterly ignorant of the identifications which 

 I have propounded, supposes to relate to the lonim.'^-^ The reputa- 

 tion of the Chaldeans, of the Irish Tuatha-de-danans and other mem- 

 bers of the family of Onam, together with the wisdom attributed to 

 Dagon and his attendants, lead me to believe that the word Ideona 

 may have an historical etymology, setting forth an early caste of 

 priests and magicians. The name of one of the wise men of Egypt 

 who withstood Moses is given in the second epistle of Paul to 

 Timothy, as well as in other writings, as Jannes, and this, I think, 

 may easily, while denoting an individual, point him out as a member 

 of the Chaldean or Ionian line.'^* The following Table can simply 

 represent the geographical equivalents in Palestine of the families of 

 Onam : — 



Jericho, Jerachmeel, E,am-allali=Atarotli=Sobal. 



I 



Ouo, Beth-Aveu, Khan lounes. 



Beth Shomesh. Beta-Da^on. 



Netophah(?) Shur,Ge-ihur, Syria = Phiala,Houle. . Hanuathon, Taa.nath, 



[Antioch. 



Paneas, Daphne, Oabbon. Moladah. Beth Phelet, Japhleti. Gaza. 



I 

 Hermon. 



120 Josh. XV. 14 ; Judges i. 10. 

 121 1 Chron. ii. 31. 



122 Tliere is no doubt that the story of tlie return of the Heraolids must have originated in 

 Palestine, and tliat in tliat country is to be found the region conquered by tbeni. Jiropus, 

 Gavanes and Cisseus, wliieh are Heraclid names, relate to Arba, Achban or Achiman and 

 Sheshai. 



123 Analysis iii. 155. 



121 ii, Tim. iii. 8. 



