History of Dor. T7 



In view of the fact that Dor is not included in this corrected list, 

 the statement of Cook (in Enc. Bih.^ s.v. Dor) to the effect that 

 "Gabinius restored the town and harbor (56 B, C,)" must be cor- 

 rected. Similarly, Guerin's declaration (in Samarie 2:312f,) to 

 the same effect is incorrect. 



ANTIQUITIES XV, 4:1 AXD BELLUM JUDAICUM I, 18:5. 



Cleopatra's attempt to persuade Antony to deprive Herod the 

 Great of his kingdom and to turn all Judea over to her was ren- 

 dered ineffectual through Herod's presents and skillful address 

 {Ant. XIII, 38). Antony did, however, bestow upon her some of 

 Herod's territory about Jericho ; in addition to this he gave her all 

 the (coast) cities south of the Eleutherus river, except Tyre and 

 Sidon, Dor would be included in this gift. The date of this ces- 

 sion was c. 34 B. C. With the defeat of Antony at Actium (31 

 B. C), if not before, Cleopatra's possession of these tributary cities 

 of course ceased. Augustus was shortly won over by the generous 

 hospitality Herod accorded him and his army on their march 

 through Syria. Arrived in Egypt, he restored to Herod the part 

 of his realms taken by Cleopatra, adding thereto among others the 

 coast cities Gaza, Anthedon, Joppa, and Strato's Tower. Dor is 

 not included here, and Ave have no reason to believe that Herod's 

 realm ever extended farther north on the coast than Caesarea. 



The account of the gift of the coast cities by Antony to Cleo- 

 patra is thus recorded in Ant. XV, 4: 1 (end) : 



8i'8a)(Ttv 8e Ktti Tots evTos 'EAeD^epou iroTafx.ov TroAets «XP'^ AlyviTTOv ;(0)/3ts 

 Tvpou KoX 2t8oivos, €K Tvpoyoviiiv d8u)'; i\ev6ipa^, ttoXXol XnrapovarjS avTrj<; 

 avTrj 8o6rjvaL. 



"Thus he gave her the cities that were this side of the river 

 Eleutherus as far as Egypt; he made exception however of Tyre 

 and Sidon (for he knew they had been free cities from the time of 

 their ancestors), although she frequently begged that these might 

 also be given her." 



The parallel account in B.J. I, 18:5 reads: 



TToAAa 8s T^S X^P^^ aVTU)V a.TTOTi.fXOfX^VO'; KOI Br] KOl TOV €V lepi^OVl'TL (jiOlVL- 



KUiva iv o) yivvarai to j3d\cra./xov, 8t8waiv avTij TToAet? re TrXrjv Tvpov Kai Siow- 

 vos Tos ivTO'i EXevdipov ttotujIcou Traaas. 



"He also cut off a great deal of their country; nay, even the 

 palm plantation at Jericho, where the balsam grows, and gave 



