Note 174 — Chapter III · THE SANCTUARIES THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE CITADEL.
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For a discussion of the worship of Meilichios see my Prolegomena, pp. 12-29. What I there say as to the chthonic character of Meilichios still I hope holds good, but I offer my apologies to M. Foucart for my attempted refutation of his theory as to the Semitic origin of the god. I now see that he was right. Meilichios is none other than מֶלֶךְ misunderstood. See also Lagrange, Études sur les Religions Sémitiques, 1905, pp. 99-109.