Enchelees
Ἐγχέλεες
Eth. Enchelees (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.)
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.