Lissa ( grc, Λίσσα) was a town of ancient Lycia, mentioned by

Ptolemy Claudius Ptolemy (; grc-gre, Πτολεμαῖος, ; la, Claudius Ptolemaeus; AD) was a mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist, who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were of importanc ...

. Its site is located near Kızılağaç,

Anatolia Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The re ...

, Turkey. Inscriptions and tombs have been found at the site. The site was explored by the British antiquaries

Theodore Theodore may refer to: Places * Theodore, Alabama, United States * Theodore, Australian Capital Territory * Theodore, Queensland, a town in the Shire of Banana, Australia * Theodore, Saskatchewan, Canada * Theodore Reservoir, a lake in Sask ...

and

Mabel Bent Mabel Virginia Anna Bent (née Hall-Dare, a.k.a. Mrs J. Theodore Bent) (28 January 1847 – 3 July 1929), was an Anglo-Irish explorer, excavator, writer and photographer. With her husband, J. Theodore Bent (1852–1897), she spent two decades (1 ...

in March 1888.J.T. Bent, ‘Discoveries in Asia Minor’, ''The Journal of Hellenic Studies'', 1888, Vol. 9, pp. 82-7; ''The Travel Chronicles of Mrs J Theodore Bent'', vol. 1, Oxford, 2006, pp. 225-54.

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Populated places in ancient Lycia Former populated places in Turkey Archaeological sites in Turkey {{AncientLycia-geo-stub