a village of Asia Minor, in Caria, occupying a peninsula among the branches of Mount Girus, with a mean but extensive fortress on the summit of the rock. This village stands on the site of the ancient Issus, a considerable city, and many antiquities are still to be seen in it. Some of the most spacious sepulchres are at present inhabited by Greek families as their ordinary dwellings. Long. 27. 38. E. Lat. 37. 17. N.