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Legend of Sidonian hero Cadmus is one of the oldest legends connected with prehistoric Balkan. Encheleans were people who were named after cult of eel worshiped at Boeotia on the shores of lake Copais. In later periods they were identified with Illyrians. Mycenaean material on the Adriatic shores as well as interaction of cetina culture group with Peloponnesus witness about influences between Greece and Adriatic. Same as name of Encheleans the Illyrian name can be translated as snake-men or eels.
Keywords: Encheleans, Cadmus, Boeotia, Illyrians, Origin
Information about author:
Adnan Kaljanac (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina). Magister in Historical Sciences. University of Sarajevo.
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