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.
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.