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.
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Textual Note
Ed. Stiehl 1856Translation
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.
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Translation Note
Trans. J. L. RifeWorks 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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