II. In accordance with the above, I think we may refer most of the names of the early inhabitants of Greece to words denoting _light_ or _colour_, or the like. (1.) _Pelas-gi._ The first part of this word is, by Mr. Donaldson, connected with [Greek: mel-as], which is also, probably, the root of _Mol-ossi_. (2.) _Hellenes_, connected with _Helli_, _Selli_, [Greek: selas, heule, helios]. This derivation is made more probable {28} by the fact, that the neighbouring Pelasgic tribes have a similar meaning; _e.g._, _Perrhaebi_, alike to _Pyrrha_ and [Greek: pur]; _Aethices_, [Greek: aitho], _Tymphaei_, [Greek: tupho]; _Hestiaei_, [Greek: hestia]. Add to this, that the name _Phthiotis_ seems indubitably to derive its name from _Phthah_, the Egyptian _Hephaestus_, and to be a translation of the word _Hellas_. N.B.--The existence of an Egyptian colony in that part is attested by the existence of a Phthiotic _Thebae_. (3.) On the other hand, the word _Achaeus_ seems to be connected with [Greek: achos, achnumai], and [Greek: achlus] in the sense of gloom (of [Greek: ouranion achos]). So the Homeric _Cimmerians_ are derived from [Hebrew: KIMRIYRIY] (Job), denoting _darkness_. (4.) Lastly, I submit with great diffidence the following examination of the words _Dorus_ and the Aeolian _Minyae_, which I shall attempt to derive from words denoting _sun_ and _moon_ respectively. The word _Dorus_ I assume to be connected with the first part of the names _Dry-opes_ and _Dol-opes_. The metathesis in the first case seems sanctioned by the analogy of the Sanscrit _dri_ and Greek [Greek: deiro], and the mutation of _l_ and _r_ in the second is too common in Greek and Latin to admit of any doubt, _e.g._ [Greek: ar-galeos] and [Greek: algaletos]; _Sol_ and _Soracte_. With this premised, I think we may be justified in connecting the following words with one another. _Dores_, _Dryopes_ with [Greek: Seirios] (of [Greek: Sios] and [Greek: Dios]) [Greek: Theros], the Scythian sun-god [Greek: Oito-surus], the Egyptian _O-siris_, and perhaps the Hebrew [Hebrew: DWOR] and Greek [Greek: deros] (the course of the sun being the emblem of eternity).--_Dol-opes_ with _Sol_, [Greek: heile], _Selli_, &c. On the other hand, the neighbouring _Minyae_ seem connected with [Greek: minutho, minuntha], _minus_,--all with the sense of _decreasing_ or _waning_; hence referable, both in sense and (I fancy) in derivation, to Greek [Greek: men], and Latin _men-sis_. J. H. J. * * * * * SHAKSPEARE READINGS, NO. IX. "It lies as sightly on the back of him As great Alcides' shoes upon an ass."--_King John_, Act II. Sc. 1. "The ass was to _wear_ the shoes, and not to bear them on his back, as Theobald supposed, and therefore would read _shows_. The 'shoes of Hercules' were as commonly alluded to by our old poets, as the _ex pede Herculem_ was a familiar allusion of the learned." (Mr. Knight in 1839.)