Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Doros: a city of Phoinike. Hekataios in his Asia: ‘and after this is Doros of old, but now it is called Dora.’ Josephus too calls it so in book 5 of the Jewish History: ‘from the Jordan as far as the city of Doroi’; and again: ‘bounded by Azotos and Doroi’; and in book 6: ‘that there was some woman in the city of Doro ’; and again: ‘when he came to Doros.’ Claudius Iolaos in book 3 of his Phoinikika: ‘after Kaisareia lies Dora, a small little town, Phoinikians inhabiting it, who, because of the rocky nature of the shorelines and its richness in purple, came together and built huts for themselves; and, after surrounding themselves with palisades, as their work progressed, by cutting rocks with stones that were being prised out they threw up walls and made the well-harboured bay as secure as possible, calling it in their ancestral language Dor, giving it this name. The Greeks, for the sake of ease in pronunciation, are content to call the city Dora. Some also relate that Doros, son of Poseidon, became its founder.’ Artemidoros knows the city as Dora in the Epitome of book 11: ‘and next in a continuous stretch is Straton’s Tower, then there is Dora, a small town lying on a peninsula-like site, where Mount Karmelos begins’; and the same in book 9 of his Geographoumena. Apollodoros calls it Doros in book 4 of the Chronika: ‘to Doros, a city on the sea’; and Alexander in his Asia: ‘and Doros on the shore, and Jope prominent above the sea.’ Charax, book 11: ‘Tryphon, besieged by Antiochos in Doro, a city of Coele Syria, fled to Ptolemais, called Aka.’ The ethnonym is ‘Dorites’, which also follows analogy with both endings: with Dora, ‘Dorites’,, as has been said; and likewise with Doros, ‘Dorites’,. Pausanias, in the founding of his own fatherland, calls them ‘Dorieis’, writing as follows: ‘Tyrians, Askalonites, Dorieis, Raphaneotai’, so that, from Doros, there is ‘Dorion’, from which would come ‘Dorieux’, as from ‘Chesion’ ‘Chesieus’. There is also a city Doros in Karia, which Krateros lists among the Karian cities in book 3 of On Decrees: ‘Karian tribute: Doros; Phaselites’.
Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.
…ν οἶδεν ἐν ἐπιτομῇ τῶν ιαʹ “συνεχῶς δ´ ἐστὶ Στράτωνος πύργος, εἶτα ἔνι Δῶρα ἐπὶ χερσονησοειδοῦς τόπου κείμενον πολισμάτιον, ἀρχομένου τοῦ ὄρους τοῦ Καρμήλου”. καὶ ἐν θʹ γεωγραφουμένων τὸ αὐτό. Ἀπολλόδωρος δὲ Δῶρον καλεῖ ἐν χρονικῶν δʹ “εἰς Δῶρον οὖσαν ἐπιθαλάττιον πόλιν”. καὶ Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν Ἀσίᾳ “Δῶρός τ´ ἀγχίαλός τ´ Ἰόπη προύχουσα θαλάσσης”. καὶ Χάραξ ιαʹ “Τρύφων ἐν Δώρῳ τῆς κοίλης Συρίας πόλει πολιορκούμενος ὑπ´ Ἀντιόχου ἔφυγεν εἰς Πτολεμαΐδα τὴν Ἄκην λεγομένην”. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Δωρίτης, ὃ καὶ ταῖς δύο καταλήξεσιν ἀναλογεῖ, τῇ μὲν Δῶρα Δωρίτης, ὡς Στάγειρα Σταγειρίτης, ὡς εἴρηται, τῆς δὲ Δῶρος ὁμοίως Δωρίτης, [ὡς] Σκίρος Σκιρίτης, χῶρος χωρίτης, μέσος μεσίτης, Κοπτός Κοπτίτης, Δίολ…
…, Δῶρος ὁ Ἕλληνος καὶ πόλις Φοινίκης. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ «μετὰ δὲ ἡ πάλαι Δῶρος, νῦν δὲ Δῶρα καλεῖται». Ἰώσηπος ἐν ϛʹ τῆς Ἰουδαϊκῆς ἱστορίας «εἶναί τι γύναιον ἐν πόλει Δώρῳ» καὶ πάλιν «ὅτε ἤνεγκεν εἰς τὴν Δῶρον». Ἀπολλόδωρος ἐν χρονικῶν δʹ «εἰς Δῶρον οὖσαν ἐπιθαλάττιον πόλιν». καὶ Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν Ἀσίᾳ «Δῶρος τ´ ἀγχίαλός τ´ Ἰόπη προύχουσα θαλάσσης». καὶ Χάραξ ιαʹ «Τρύφων ἐν Δώρῳ τῆς κοίλης Συρίας πόλει πολιορκούμενος ὑπ´ Ἀντιόχου ἔφυγεν εἰς Πτολεμαΐδα τὴν Ἄκην λεγομένην». ἔστι καὶ Καρίας Δῶρος πόλις, ἣν συγκαταλέγει ταῖς πόλεσιν ταῖς Καρικαῖς Κρατερὸς ἐν τῷ περὶ ψηφισμάτων τρίτῳ «Καρικὸς φόρος· Δῶρος, Φασηλῖται». Βῶρος. Χλῶρος τὸ κύριον, χῶρος, Πρῶρος, Πῶρος ὄνομα κύριον. Ὦρος. σεσημεί…
…ὅπως [οἷόν] τε ἀσφαλῶς ἔθεντο, ἐπώνυμον αὐτὴν τῇ πατρίῳ γλώσσῃ Δώρ καλοῦντες. οἱ δ´ Ἕλληνες χάριν τοῦ τῆς φωνῆς εὐπροφόρου καλεῖν ἀρκοῦνται Δῶρα τὴν πόλιν. καί τινες ἱστοροῦσι Δῶρον τὸν Ποσειδῶνος οἰκιστὴν αὐτῆς γεγονέναι”. καὶ Ἀρτεμίδωρος Δῶρα τὴν πόλιν οἶδεν ἐν ἐπιτομῇ τῶν ιαʹ “συνεχῶς δ´ ἐστὶ Στράτωνος πύργος, εἶτα ἔνι Δῶρα ἐπὶ χερσονησοειδοῦς τόπου κείμενον πολισμάτιον, ἀρχομένου τοῦ ὄρους τοῦ Καρμήλου”. καὶ ἐν θʹ γεωγραφουμένων τὸ αὐτό. Ἀπολλόδωρος δὲ Δῶρον καλεῖ ἐν χρονικῶν δʹ “εἰς Δῶρον οὖσαν ἐπιθαλάττιον πόλιν”. καὶ Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν Ἀσίᾳ “Δῶρός τ´ ἀγχίαλός τ´ Ἰόπη προύχουσα θαλάσσης”. καὶ Χάραξ ιαʹ “Τρύφων ἐν Δώρῳ τῆς κοίλης Συρίας πόλει πολιορκούμενο…
…μένη. Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ «μετὰ δὲ ἡ πάλαι Δῶρος, νῦν δὲ Δῶρα καλεῖται». καὶ οὕτως Ἰώσηπος αὐτὴν καλεῖ ἐν εʹ τῆς Ἰουδαϊκῆς ἱστορίας (c. 1, 22) «ἀπὸ μὲν Ἰορδάνου μέχρι Δώρων πόλεως» καὶ πάλιν (c. 22) «Ἀζώτῳ καὶ Δώροις ὁριζόμενοι». καὶ Ἀρτεμίδωρος Δῶρα τὴν πόλιν οἶδεν ἐν ἐπιτομῇ τῶν ιαʹ «συνεχῶς δ´ ἐστὶ Στράτωνος πύργος, εἶτα ἔνι Δῶρα ἐπὶ χερσονησοειδοῦς τόπου κείμενον πολισμάτιον, ἀρχομένου τοῦ ὄρους τοῦ Καρμήλου» καὶ ἐν θʹ γεωγραφουμένων τὸ αὐτό. ἔστι καὶ Δῶρα νῆσος ἐν τῷ Περσικῷ κόλπῳ, καθὰ Στράβων ιϛʹ «τὸν δὲ Μαζήνην ἐπάρχειν νήσου τινὸς τῶν ἐν τῷ Περσικῷ κόλπῳ, καλεῖσθαι δὲ τὴν νῆσον Δῶρα». Κῶρον πόλις τῆς Καππαδοκίας. μῶρον ὁ καρπὸς τῆς βάτου. Δοῦρα πόλις Μ…
…ὐτοὺς καλεῖ τῇδε γράφων “Τύριοι Ἀσκαλωνῖται Δωριεῖς Ῥαφανεῶται”, ὥστε παρὰ τὴν Δῶρον τὸ Δώριον εἶναι, οὗ ἂν εἴη τὸ Δωριεύς, ὡς τοῦ Χήσιον τὸ Χησιεύς. ἔστι καὶ Καρίας Δῶρος πόλις, ἣν συγκαταλέγει ταῖς πόλεσιν ταῖς Καρικαῖς Κρατερὸς ἐν τῷ περὶ ψηφισμάτων τρίτῳ “Καρικὸς φόρος· Δῶρος, Φασηλῖται”.
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