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The whole countryAbove, c. ii. § 3. above Seleucis, extending towards Egypt and Arabia, is called Coele-Syria, but peculiarly the tract bounded by Libanus and Antilibanus, of the remainder one part is the coast extending from OrthosiaOrtosa. as far as Pelusium,Tineh. and is called Phoenicia, a narrow strip of land along the sea; the other, situated above Phoenicia in the interior between Gaza and Antilibanus, and extending to the Arabians, called Judaea.
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Having described Coele-Syria properly so called, we pass on to Phoenicia, of which we have already describedAbove, c. i. § 12, 15. the part extending from Orthosia to Berytus.
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Next to Berytus is Sidon, at the distance of 400 stadia. Between these places is the river Tamyras,Nahr-Damur. and the grove of Asclepius and Leontopolis.
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Next to Sidon is Tyre,Sour. the largest and most ancient city of the Phoenicians. This city is the rival of Sidon in magnitude, fame, and antiquity, as recorded in many fables. For although poets have celebrated Sidon more than Tyre (Homer, however, does not even mention Tyre), yet the colonies sent into Africa and Spain, as far as, and beyond the Pillars, extol much more the glory of Tyre. Both however were formerly, and are at present, distinguished and illustrious cities, but which of the two should be called the capital of Phoenicia is a subject of dispute among the inhabitants.Tyre—daughter of Zidon. Isaiah xxiii. 12. Sidon is situated upon a fine naturally-formed harbour on the mainland.
