Thyssanous

Thyssanous — Thyssanous (Caria), Pleiades 599983

THYSSANOUS (Saranda) Caria, Turkey.

On the Loryma Peninsula. A deme of the incorporated Rhodian Peraea, mentioned by Pomponius Mela (1.84). The site is identified by a number of inscriptions. The acropolis is close above the village, with a wall of polygonal masonry.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Chaviaras in ArchEph (1911) 60-63; P. M. Fraser & G. E. Bean, The Rhodian Peraea (1954) 34-39, 59.

G. E. BEAN