Nisa
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Nisae Proper-name noun feminine nominative plural, Proper-name noun feminine vocative plural, Proper-name noun feminine genitive singular, Proper-name noun feminine dative singular of Nisa
Nisae perfect passive participle feminine dative singular, perfect passive participle feminine genitive singular, perfect passive participle feminine nominative plural, perfect passive participle feminine vocative plural of nitor
- a female proper name, Verg. E. 8, 26.
Near Sütlğen, in the mountains ca. 25 km N of Kaş. Mentioned only by Ptolemy and Hierokles and in the episcopal Notitiae. There is no evidence that Nisa was ever a member of the Lycian League; her one known coin (Sammlung von Aulock no. 4373), of the 2d c. B.C., is of nonfederal type.
The ruins are quite considerable but poorly preserved. They include a theater and a stadium; above the latter is a paved agora with a stoa and a number of inscribed bases. The city wall is partly preserved, in good squared blocks. The necropolis, outside the wall on the W, contains sarcophagi and a few built tombs.
BIBLIOGRAPHYR. Heberdey in Festschrift für H. Kiepert (1898) 153-58; TAM II.3 (1940) 271.
G. E. BEAN- Paus. 1.39.5