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—390 NOTES.Omlkron, Pi, Ro, Sigma, Tau, Ypsilon, in all sixteen. Tothese Palamedes, about the time of the Trojan war, added, A7,Theta, Phi, Chi, and Simonides afterwards added Zeta, Eta,JPsi, Omega, From the correspondence of the names of theGreek letters to those of the Hebrew, it is clear the former werederived from the latter. The Roman alphabet is, a, b, c, d, e,F, G, H, I, J, Jif, L, M, N, O, P, Q, B, S, T, U, V, X, Y, Z, in alltwenty-five. The plenitude of the Roman alphabet, as well asthe name of the letters being omitted, and the form or figureonly retained, is a clear argument that it is much more raodf rnthan either of the preceding. The Irish alphabet is, a.^ b, c, d,E, F, G, I, L, M, N, o, p, ii, s, T, u, in all seventeen. Thoughs has latterly crept into the language, it was originally, as asaongthe Greeks, an aspirate, and marked by a dot above the line,it is initial in no Celtic word, and merely used as an Evphonic,or, in combination with some other letter, as a substitute to supplythe place of some letter wanting in the Irish alphabet.TheIrish alphabet contains many genuine marks of remote antiquity,"which deserve minute consideration.Imo, Its name, viz. Beth.Liiis~Nwn an Oghuim—i. e. " theAlphabet ofOgum.-^See TolanJ, p. 82, 83, 84, Sfc.This wordis sometimes written Ogam and Ogma. Lucian (See Toland'sQuotation, p. 81