Excerpt from A Commentary on the Greek Text of the Epistles of Paul to the Thessalonians Thessalonica (oedaakom'xn) was formerly called Therma (oe'pw; or and the gulf on which it stood was named Therma/GBP0218 Sinus, on account of the hot salt springs which abounded in the vicinity. Two earlier legendary names have been handed down, Emathia and Halia.1 The origin of the present name has been variously accounted for. According to Strabo,2 Therma was rebuilt by Cassander, who added to it the population of three small towns near it, and called it Thessalonica, after his wife, a daughter of Philip. Stephen of Byzantium records, that Philip himself bestowed the new appellation in honour of a victory gained by him over the Thessalonians; 3 while in the Etymologe'cum M agmom it is said that Philip gave the name in honour of his daughter whose mother had died in childbirth. Xerxes, according to Here dotes, paused at Therma, while his fleet cruised in the gulf, and his army lay at a short distance; and the town is men tioned by this early name twice at least in Greek history.5 But the more ancient names have long passed out of View. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.