Artemidorus of Ephesus, Geographic Description fr. 111

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Context

Artemidorus of Ephesus was a Late Hellenistic geographer whose work was much studied by scholars of the Roman and Byzantine eras. His major work, Geographic Description (Γεωγραφουμένα), described the earth from west to east, Spain to Arabia and India, ending with focused coverage of the subregions of Asia Minor. In this passage from book 9, which survives only in fragmentary citations, he records the relative situation of Strato’s Tower, Dor, and Mount Carmel. The passage is quoted both by Marcian of Heraclea (Epitome of Artemidorus’ Geography 576.19-27), who wrote roughly five centures after Artemidorus, and by Stephan of Byzantium (Book of Nations Δ 150), who wrote six to seven centuries after Artemidorus.

Text

ΑΣΙΑ. Βιβλ. θʹ. Δῶρος, πόλις Φοινίκης. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ· “Μετὰ δὲ ἡ πάλαι Δῶρος, νῦν δὲ Δῶρα καλεῖται.” Καὶ Ἀρτεμίδωρος Δῶρα τὴν πόλιν οἶδεν ἐν Ἐπιτομῇ τῶν ιαʹ· “Συνεχῶς δʼ ἐστὶ Στράτωνος πύργος, εἶτα ἔνι Δῶρα, ἐπὶ χερσονησοειδοῦς τόπου κείμενον πολισμάτιον, ἀρχομένου τοῦ ὄρους τοῦ Καρμήλου.” Καὶ ἐν θʹ Γεωγραφουμένων τὸ αὐτό. 1

Textual Note

Ed. Stiehl 1856

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Translation

ASIA. Book 9. Doros, a city in Phoenicia. Hecataeus in (his book on) Asia: “After that is the city called Doros in the old times but today Dora.” And Artemidorus mentions the city Dora in Epitome of 11 books: “Continuing on is Straton’s Tower, and then Dora, a town situated on the peninsula where Mount Carmel begins.” And the same thing in Geography 9. 2

Translation Note

Trans. J. L. Rife

Works Cited

1 R. Stiehl, Der Geograph Artemidoros von Ephesos, Philologus 11 (1856): 193–244, section: 111.
2 Pseudo-Scylax of Caryanda and Marcianus of Heraclea, Geographi Graeci minores I, ed. Karl Müller, vol. 1, 2 vols. (Paris: Ambroise-Firmin Didot, 1855), p: 576.19-27.

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Joseph L. Rife, “Artemidorus of Ephesus, Geographic Description fr. 111,” in Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia, entry published June 30, 2023, https://caesarea-maritima.org/testimonia/47.

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Joseph L. Rife, “Artemidorus of Ephesus, Geographic Description fr. 111.” In Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia, edited by Joseph L. Rife., edited by Joseph L. Rife. Caesarea City and Port Exploration Project, 2023. Entry published June 30, 2023. https://caesarea-maritima.org/testimonia/47.

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