History of Dor. 79 



south winds which, constantly rolling the sands that come from the 

 sea upon the shores, do not permit ships to lie at their station ; but 

 generally the merchants are obliged to lie at anchor in the sea 

 itself." 



The parallel passage is found in B.J. I, 21: 5: 



fiera^v yap Awpwv koI 'Iotti/s, wv -7 ttoXis fxecrr) Kctrat, iracrav etvat crvfx^i^ri- 

 K€V T-qv TrapaXiov dXifxevov, w? iravTa rov rrjv ^olvlkyjv iir AlyvTrrov trapa- 

 irXiovTa craXivuv iv TreXdyet Bia ttjv €k Xi^6<s dweLXrjv, to kol fJL€Tpi<t)<i €7ravpL^ovTL 

 ttjXlkovtov 67rey€ijp€Tat KVfia irpos rats Trcrpais, wtrTe tyjv VTro<TTpo<l>rjv rov Kvfxa- 

 TO<s inl TrActcrrov i^aypcovv rrjv OaXaacrav. 



"For it happened that all the coast between Dor and Joppa 

 (between which the city lies) was harborless, so that every ship 

 that sailed from Phoenicia to Egypt was obliged to lie in the sea 

 on account of the threatening south wind ; if this wind blow but a 

 little fresh, such waves are raised and dash upon the rocks, that 

 upon their retreat the sea rages for a long time." 



It is worthy of notice that Caesarea is here (Ant. XV, 9 : 6) 

 referred to as a city of Phoenicia. The fact that Caesarea is 

 called Phoenician^ and the additional fact that Greek geographers'* 

 make Dor a city of that same country, would tend to strengthen 

 our doubt concerning any subjugation of Dor by the Jews. 

 Evidently, too, the harbor at Dor was a very poor one. It was 

 not until a much later period that the double harbor' was built. 

 The building by Herod of good harbors at Caesarea, thus giving 

 that city a great advantage as a port and gate to the surrounding 

 country, doubtless contributed to the decline of neighboring Dor. 



Nicolaus of Damascus is generally conceded to be Josephus' 

 source for the material here. As usual Josephus has made inde- 

 pendent use of Nicolaus' material in his Antiquities and Bellum 

 Judaicum, so that the accounts are by no means identical. The 

 narratives agree, however, in picturing Dor as a city without good 

 facilities as a seaport, although evidently not without some trading 

 activity. 



^ For fuller discussion of the word Phoenicia, see on Contra Ap. II, 9, 

 below. 

 2 E. g., Claudius lolaus in Steph. Byz. 

 ^ See chapter on Topography. 

 ^ Destinon, p. 120 ; Holscher, p. 26. 



