64 George Dahl, 



Dora, a small town situated upon a peninsula, near the beginning 

 of Mt. Carmel.' And in the ninth book of the Geography the 



ALEXANDER EPHESIUS. 



In his geographical poem, Alexander Ephesius^, a contemporary 

 of Cicero (106-43 B.C.), joins Joppa and Dor in one of his lines. 

 Stephanus Byzantinus'' cites as follows : 



Kttt *AX€^av8/oos cv 'Acrta "Awpos T*dy;j(taA.os t'^Iottt; 7rpovxov(Ta 6a\d(rarr}<S'^^ 

 "And Alexander in the section, 'Asia'": * Both Dor bordering 

 on the water and Joppa jutting forth into the sea.' " 



' Called Avxvog; Knaack in Pauly-Wissowas Enc. s.v. Alexander Ephesius, 

 n. 86. 



2 Quoted in Meineke, Analecta Alexandrina, p. 374. 



3 The geographical poem was divided into three parts, 'Evp^Trrf, *Aaia and 



AlfiVTf. 



