▁land ▁around ▁Ax ius ▁river , ▁in ▁contrast ▁to ▁mountain ous ▁Mac ed onia , ▁probably ▁also ▁intended ▁as ▁' me adow ▁land ' ▁( cf . ▁P IE ▁* m ē - 2 , ▁* m - e - t - ▁' to ▁m ow , ▁to ▁re ap '). ▁ ▁Class ical ▁sources ▁H omer , ▁who ▁makes ▁no ▁mention ▁of ▁Mac ed onia , ▁places ▁E math ia ▁as ▁a ▁region ▁next ▁to ▁Pier ia . ▁ ▁The ▁H omer ic ▁name ▁was ▁renew ed ▁mainly ▁in ▁Roman ▁times ▁and ▁P to le my ▁mentions ▁some ▁cities ▁of ▁E math ia . ▁In ▁N onn us , ▁D ion ys ia ca ▁ 4 8 . 6 ▁Ty ph oe us ▁having ▁stri pt ▁the ▁mountains ▁of ▁E math ia , ▁he ▁cast ▁the ▁rock y ▁miss iles ▁at ▁D ion ys us . ▁In ▁O vid ius , ▁Met am orph oses ▁ 5 . 3 1 3 ▁the ▁daughters ▁of ▁Pier us ▁say : ▁we ▁grant ▁E math ia ' s ▁pla ins , ▁to ▁where ▁u prise ▁Pa e onia ' s ▁pe aks ▁of ▁snow . ▁The ▁E math ian ▁or ▁E math ius ▁du x ▁is ▁a ▁frequently ▁used ▁name ▁by ▁Latin ▁po ets ▁for ▁Alexander ▁the ▁Great , ▁as ▁in ▁Mil ton , ▁the ▁E math ian ▁conquer or ▁. ▁Stra bo ▁▁ ▁rel ates ▁that ▁what ▁is ▁now ▁called ▁Mac ed onia ▁was ▁in ▁earlier ▁times ▁called ▁E math ia ▁but ▁since ▁H