Carmylessus

{{Short description|Ancient town of Lycia}}

Carmylessus or Karmylessos ({{langx|grc|Καρμυλησσός}}) was a town of ancient Lycia, described by Strabo between Telmissus and the mouth of the Xanthus.{{Cite Strabo|p. 665}} After Telmissus, he says, then Anticragus ({{langx|grc|Ἀντίκραγος}}), an abrupt mountain on which is the small place Carmylessus, lying in a ravine.

The editors of the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World identify Kaya, Fethiye as the location of the ancient city,{{cite book|author=Richard Talbert|author-link=Richard Talbert|page=1000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x_FHmc_E2uQC&q=Karmylessos|title=Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World|date=8 October 2000|access-date=December 18, 2014|isbn=0-691-03169-X}} while the Lund University Atlas of the Roman World tentatively place it at Kayaköy.{{Cite DARE|21466}}