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his son; who waged war against the Egyptians and took all the land of Egypt and destroyed it, while Nektanabo was then king of the Egyptians, who performed lecanomancy and knew that it was fated for Ochus, king of the Persians, to take Egypt. He, having shaved the hair of his own head and changed his royal garments, this same Nektanabo fled through Pelusium, and dwelt in Pella, a city of Macedonia. At that same time, therefore, the stories about Olympias and this same Nektanabo were being rumored, that through some mockery she was debauched by him and conceived Alexander, who they say was conceived from Zeus Ammon. The first kingdom 190 of the Egyptians and Thebans therefore lasted for 1603 years. The wise chronographer Irenaeus set these things forth. And at the same time, the high priest of the Jews was Jaddua; the Hebrew high priesthood therefore lasted for 1202 years. And in the same times the island of Rhodes was entirely cast down by the divine wrath of an earthquake in the month of October, at night; and the pillar of the colossus fell and lay on the ground. And at that time the high priests of the Jews and the whole nation paid tribute to the Assyrians. And then the Assyrians and Ochus, their king, were puffed up with pride; and they tyrannized the whole land, and the kingdom was delivered into the hands of the Assyrians and Persians and Medes and Parthians. And Philip reigned over Macedonia for 20 years. He, having conquered, subjugated Thessaly, and founded a city in Macedonia, which he called Thessalonica, formerly called the village of Thermae. But Dionysius set forth that it was afterwards called Thessalonica in the name of a certain queen of Philip's family. The kingdom, or toparchy, of the Macedonians therefore lasted for 602 years until the reign of the same Philip, as the most wise Eusebius Pamphili chronicles. And after Philip, Alexander 191 the son of Philip, reigned over Macedonia. And after Ochus, Darius the Mede, the son of Assalamus, reigned over the Babylonians; and he became master of all. And the Romans, having gained the upper hand during his reign, added to the surrounding area of their land; and by putting forward powerful consuls they seized lands. EIGHTH ACCOUNT OF THE TIMES OF THE MACEDONIANS. And in the fourth year of the reign of Darius the Mede, the son of Assalamus, God raised up against the Assyrians and Persians and Parthians and Medes Alexander, the toparch, or king, of Macedonia, the son of Philip. He also founded the great Alexandria, formerly called the village of Rakoustis; which he himself called Alexandria in his own name, having sacrificed a virgin maiden, called by him Macedonia. And he founded a temple to Serapis Helios, and a public building, which is called the Hippos, and other temples. This king Alexander, having urged on like-minded, noble generals, enraged at the madness of the Assyrians, was the first to draw up in battle against Darius, the king of the Persians. and having come to Byzoupolis of Europe he founded a place there, which he called 193 the Strategion; for there, having planned the war with his own army and his allies, he crossed over from there with his own multitude directly to a trading post of Bithynia called Diskoi. And wishing to encourage his own army, he distributed much gold to them there as pay, and renamed the same trading post Chrysopolis; which is so called until the present day. and setting out from there he came to Troy; and having made a sacrifice at the tomb of Achilles, as one descended from his lineage, he asked his spirit to be an ally to him in

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υἱὸς αὐτοῦ· ὅστις ἐπολέμησεν Αἰγυπτίοις καὶ παρέλαβε πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν Αἰγύπτου καὶ ἀπώλεσεν αὐτήν, βασιλεύοντος τῶν Αἰγυπτίων τότε τοῦ Νεκταναβώ, τοῦ ποιήσαντος λεκανομαντείαν καὶ γνόντος ὅτι δεῖ τὸν Ὦχον, βασιλέα Περσῶν, παραλαβεῖν τὴν Αἴγυπτον. ὃς καὶ κουρευσάμενος τὴν ἰδίαν κόμην τῆς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀλλάξας αὐτοῦ τὰ βασιλικὰ ἱμάτια, ἔφυγε διὰ τοῦ Πηλουσίου ὁ αὐτὸς Νεκταναβώ, καὶ εἰς Πέλλην, πόλιν τῆς Μακεδονίας, διέτριβεν. Ἐν τῷ χρόνῳ οὖν τῷ αὐτῷ ἦν τὰ κατὰ τὴν Ὀλυμπιάδα καὶ τὸν αὐτὸν Νεκταναβὼ θρυλούμενα, ὡς διὰ χλεύης τινὸς ἐπορνεύθη ὑπ' αὐτοῦ καὶ συνέλαβε τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον, ὃν λέγουσιν ἀπὸ ∆ιὸς Ἄμμωνος συλληφθῆναι. κατέσχεν οὖν ἡ βασιλεία 190 τῶν Αἰγυπτίων καὶ Θηβαίων ἡ πρώτη ἔτη αυςγʹ. ταῦτα δὲ Εἰρηναῖος ὁ σοφὸς χρονογράφος ἐξέθετο. Ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ δὲ καιρῷ ἀρχιερεὺς ἦν τῶν Ἰουδαίων Ἰαδδοῦς· κατέσχεν οὖν ἡ Ἑβραϊκὴ ἀρχιερωσύνη ἔτη ασβʹ. Ἐν δὲ τοῖς αὐτοῖς χρόνοις ἡ Ῥόδος ἡ νῆσος ὑπὸ θεομηνίας σεισμοῦ κατηνέχθη πᾶσα ἐν μηνὶ ὀκτωβρίῳ νυκτός· καὶ ἔπεσεν ἡ στήλη τοῦ κολοσσοῦ καὶ ἔκειτο χαμαί. τότε δὲ οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς τῶν Ἰουδαίων καὶ τὸ ἔθνος ὅλον φόρους ἐδίδουν Ἀσσυρίοις. ὑπτιώθησαν δὲ τότε οἱ Ἀσσύριοι καὶ ὁ Ὦχος, βασιλεὺς αὐτῶν· καὶ ἐτυράννησαν πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν, καὶ παρεδόθη ἡ βασιλεία εἰς χεῖρας Ἀσσυρίων καὶ Περσῶν καὶ Μήδων καὶ Πάρθων. Τῆς δὲ Μακεδονίας ἐβασίλευσε Φίλιππος ἔτη κʹ. ὅστις νικήσας ὑπέταξε τὴν Θεσσαλίαν, καὶ κτίζει πόλιν εἰς τὴν Μακεδονίαν, ἣν ἐκάλεσε Θεσσαλονίκην, τὴν πρῴην λεγομένην κώμην Θέρμας. ∆ιονύσιος δὲ ἐξέθετο ὅτι εἰς ὄνομα βασιλίσσης μιᾶς τοῦ γένους Φιλίππου μετὰ ταῦτα ἐκλήθη Θεσσαλονίκη. κατέσχεν οὖν ἡ βασιλεία, ἤτοι τοπαρχία, Μακεδόνων ἔτη χβʹ ἕως τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ αὐτοῦ Φιλίππου, καθὼς ὁ σοφώτατος Εὐσέβιος ὁ Παμφίλου χρονογραφεῖ. Καὶ μετὰ Φίλιππον ἐβασίλευσε τῆς Μακεδονίας Ἀλέξανδρος 191 ὁ Φιλίππου. τῶν δὲ Βαβυλωνίων μετὰ τὸν Ὦχον ἐβασίλευσε ∆αρεῖος ὁ Μῆδος ὁ Ἀσσαλάμου· καὶ κατεκυρίευσε πάντων. Οἱ δὲ Ῥωμαῖοι ἐπὶ τῆς αὐτοῦ βασιλείας περιγενόμενοι προσελάβοντο τὴν περιοχὴν τῆς αὐτῶν γῆς· καὶ προβαλλόμενοι δυνατοὺς ὑπάτους χώρας ἀπέσπων. ΛΟΓΟΣ ΟΓ∆ΟΟΣ ΧΡΟΝΩΝ ΜΑΚΕ∆ΟΝΩΝ. Τῷ δὲ τετάρτῳ ἔτει τῆς βασιλείας ∆αρείου τοῦ Μήδου τοῦ Ἀσσαλάμου ἐξανέστησεν ὁ θεὸς τοῖς Ἀσσυρίοις καὶ Πέρσαις καὶ Πάρθοις καὶ Μήδοις Ἀλέξανδρον τὸν τῆς Μακεδονίας τοπάρχην, ἤτοι βασιλέα, τὸν Φιλίππου. ὅστις καὶ τὴν μεγάλην Ἀλεξάνδρειαν ἔκτισε, τὴν πρῴην λεγομένην κώμην Ῥακοῦστιν· ἣν αὐτὸς ἐκάλεσεν εἰς ἴδιον ὄνομα Ἀλεξάνδρειαν, θυσιάσας κόρην παρθένον, Μακεδονίαν παρ' αὐτοῦ κληθεῖσαν. ἔκτισε δὲ καὶ ἱερὸν τῷ Σεράπι Ἡλίῳ, καὶ δημόσιον, ὃ καλεῖται ὁ Ἵππος, καὶ ἀλλὰ ἱερά. ὅστις βασιλεὺς Ἀλέξανδρος προτρεψάμενος ὁμόφρονας γενναίους στρατηγούς, κατὰ τῆς ἀπονοίας Ἀσσυρίων ὀργισθείς, πρῶτος παρετάξατο ∆αρείῳ τῷ βασιλεῖ Περσῶν. καὶ ἐλθὼν εἰς Βυζούπολιν τῆς Εὐρώπης ἔκτισεν ἐκεῖ τόπον, ὅνπερ ἐκά 193 λεσε τὸ Στρατήγιον· ἐκεῖ γὰρ στρατηγήσας τὰ τοῦ πολέμου μετὰ τοῦ ἰδίου στρατοῦ καὶ τῶν συμμάχων αὐτοῦ ἐπέρασεν ἐκεῖθεν σὺν τῷ ἰδίῳ πλήθει ἄντικρυς εἰς ἐμπόριον τῆς Βιθυνίας λεγόμενον ∆ίσκοι. Βουλόμενος δὲ προτρέψασθαι τὸ ἴδιον στράτευμα ἐῤῥόγευσεν αὐτοῖς ἐκεῖ πολὺν χρυσόν, καὶ μετεκάλεσε τὸ αὐτὸ ἐμπόριον Χρυσόπολιν· ὅπερ οὕτως καλεῖται ἕως τῆς νῦν. καὶ ἐξορμήσας ἐκεῖθεν ἐν τῇ Τροίᾳ ἦλθε· καὶ ποιήσας θυσίαν εἰς τὸν τύμβον τοῦ Ἀχιλλέως ὡς ἐκ γένους αὐτοῦ καταγόμενος, ᾔτησε τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτοῦ συμμαχεῖν αὐτῷ ἐν