Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), PHYSCUS

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PHYSCUS (Φύσκος: Eth. Φυσκεύς), a town of Caria, in the territory of the Rhodians, situated on the coast, with a harbour and a grove sacred to Leto. (Strab. xiv. p.652; Stadiasm. Mar. Mag. § 245; Ptol. 5.2.11, where it is called Φοῦσκα. It is impossible to suppose that this Physcus was the porttown of Mylasa (Strab. xiv. p.659); we must rather assume that Passala, the port of Mylasa, also bore the name of Physcus. Our Physcus was the ordinary landing-place for vessels sailing from Rhodes to Asia Minor. (Strab. xiv. p.663; comp. Steph. B. s. v.) This harbour, now called Marmorice, and a part of it Physco, is one of the finest in the world, and in 1801 Lord Nelson's fleet anchored here, before the battle of the Nile.

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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, illustrated by numerous engravings on wood. William Smith, LLD. London. Walton and Maberly, Upper Gower Street and Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row; John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1854.

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William Smith, LLD, Ed.