Nisa (Lycia)

Not to be confused with Nysa on the Maeander or Nyssa (Cappadocia).
Nisa Theatre

Nisa (Ancient Greek: Νίσα or Νίσσα), also Nyssa (Νύσσα) or Nysa (Νύσα) or Neisa (Νείσα),[1] was a town in ancient Lycia near the source of the River Xanthus.[2][3][4][5][6]

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  3. ^ MacBean, Alexander; Johnson, Samuel (1773). A Dictionary of Ancient Geography. G. Robinson.
  4. ^ Brandt, Hartwin; Kolb, Frank (2005). Lycia et Pamphylia. Von Zabern. pp. 29, 114. ISBN 9783805334709. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  5. ^ Susini, G.C. (1961). Lycia et Pamphylia. Treccani. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  6. ^ Smith, William. "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854)". Retrieved 29 January 2015. calls the town Nysa and speaks of it as being in Pisidia, but the other sources cited distinguish between Nisa (in Lycia) and Nysa (elsewhere).