Macedonia and ^Arace.— Macedonia, the land of Chittim, derives
its name from Achuzam, the great Hittite. Macedo, whom Diodorus
connects with Osiris, and other writers with jEoIus and Lycaon, is
this son of Ashchur. The Indian Magadha and the Palestinian
Megiddo must, I think, exhibit a similar corruption of the original
word to that which appears in Macedon. The Axius river recalls the
Syrian Axius or Typhon, and the Astraeus or Aestraeus, like the
■Cayster, commemorates Achashtari. Ohalcidice is a memorial of
Jehaleleel, although Sithonia, in all probability, like the district of
Aestraea, preserves the name of Sheth or Achashtari also. Assurus,



Ossa, Idomene and Cophus set fortli Ashcliur, Acliuzam, Temeni and
Ziph. ^matMa is a transplanted Hamath. The Syrian city was
situated upon the Axius, and all its surroundings exhibit a wonderful
agreement with -i^mathia and adjacent parts of Macedonia. Pieria,
Chalcidice, Cyrrhus, Edessa, Beroea, Arethusa and a large number of
other places, prove that the Macedonians once dwelt in northern
Syria. The god of the Hamathites, called Ashima, was in all probar
bility Achuzam or Macedo. This Ashima seems to have been the
same as Asmodeus, who is proved to be Achuzam by his name Sachr,
in which we find Ashchur, the name of his father. It is hard to say
what the connections of Hemath, the father of the house of E-echab,
are, or how he who gave its name to Hamath or ^mathia relates to
the eldest son of Naarah. The Temenidae wh^ ruled in Macedonia
were of the family of Temeni, the brother of Achuzam, and their
record may enable us to discover the genealogies of his at present
unknown line.
