NEAPOLIS. 49 
Boucepkala* . There was a city called Bucephalla, chap. 
built by Alexander in India, near the river ^ ., ,, ..' 
Hydaspes, in honour of his horse Bucephalus ; also 
a port 0^ Attica called Bucephala ; and the inhabi- 
tants of a ^rjf^og of Thessnlonica were called 
Bucephalitce^: but history does not mention a 
town of this name in Thrace ; neither is there 
any antient medal extant of such a 
city. As to the modern name Cavallo, or 
Cavalla, it may have been given in consequence 
of the most trivial circumstance; such as the 
existence of a statue of a horse : the Pirceeus 
at Athens received the appellation of Porto 
Leone, from a statue of a lion. The real history 
of its antient name is suggested by its situation; 
for, owing to its maritime position, and to the 
absence of any other city between AmpJiipolis 
and Abdera, excepting Philippi, vvhich was at 
some distance from the coast, it is evident that 
Cavallo was Neapolis ; the city mentioned in NeapoUs. 
the ''Acts of the Apostles," where St. Paul ' 
landed, after his voyage from Troas^ and from 
the island of Samothrace^. Indeed this is so 
(4) " Cavala versus Philippos Macedonia tendit. Hucephalum 
putavit Bellonius antiquis fuisse dictam, ab equo regis Alexandri." Ibid. 
(.5) Vide Stepkanum, lib. de Urbib. &c. p. 178. Amst. 1678. 
(6) Acts, xvi. 9, 10, 11, 12. 
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