Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

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Pella

（Πέλλα).

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1.

An ancient town in Macedonia, in the district Bottiaea, situated upon a lake formed by the river Lydias. Philip the Great made it his residence and the capital of the Macedonian monarchy. It was the birthplace of Alexander the Great. Hence the poets give the surname of Pellaea to Alexandria in Egypt, because it was founded by Alexander the Great, and also use the adjective in a general sense as equivalent to Egyptian. See Macedonia.

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2.

A city of Palestine, east of the Jordan, in Peraea. It was the place of refuge of the Christians who fled from Jerusalem before its capture by the Romans.

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3.

A city of Syria on the Orontes, afterwards called Apamea (q.v.).

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4.

A city of Phrygia. See Peltae.