Bible Dictionary
ORTHOSIA
Orthosia was a Phoenician coastal city north of Tripolis. Tryphon fled there after escaping from Dora, where he had been besieged by Antiochus Sidetes.
Definition
Orthosia was a city on the Phoenician coast, situated south of the river Eleutherus and north of Tripolis. It is known in the source material as the place to which Tryphon fled after escaping from Dora.
Biblical Usage
Orthosia appears in the account of Tryphon’s flight in 1 Maccabees 15:37. The passage associates the city with the political and military events involving Tryphon and Antiochus Sidetes.
Historical Background
The Peutinger Tables place Orthosia twelve Roman miles north of Tripolis and thirty miles south of Antaradus. Porter proposed locating it on the southern bank of the Nahr el-Barid.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>or-tho-si'-a (Orthosias; the King James Version Orthosias): The city to which Tryphon fled when he escaped from Dora, where he was besieged by Antiochus Sidetes (1 Macc 15:37). According to Pliny (NH, v.17) it lay South of the river Eleutherus, and North of the city of Tripolis. The Peutinger Tables place it 12 Roman miles North of Tripolis and 30 miles South of Antaradus on the Phoenician coast. Porter would place it on the southern bank of Nahr el-Barid.</p>