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ENCHE´LEES

Eth. ENCHE´LEES (Ἐγχέλεες), an Illyrian tribe, whom the ancient geographer Hecataeus (Fr. 66--70, ed. Klausen) placed to the S. of the Taulantii. Scylax (Fr. 58) has fixed their position N. of Epidamnus and the Taulantii. This tribe are connected with the cycle of myths concerning Cadmus. (Comp. Hdt. 5.61.)

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    • Herodotus, Histories, 5.61
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