Trysa

{{short description|Ancient Lycian town}}

Trysa or Tryssa was a town of ancient Lycia, located between Cyaneae and Myra. It has been archaeologically examined, and among the finds are Lycian tombs, most notably the Heroon of Trysa.{{Cite PECS|Trysa}}

Greek inscriptions which were found there show that there was a cult of Zeus Eleutherios and of Helios at Trysa.[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0006:entry=trysa The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, TRYSA Lycia, Turkey]

The town was also inhabited during the Byzantine period and there was a church on the acropolis.

Its site is located near the modern town of Gölbaşı, Asiatic Turkey.{{Cite Barrington|65}}{{Cite DARE|22677}}

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