NISYROS
Greece.
An island of the S Sporades
group. It is cited in the
Iliad (2.676) as a participant in
the Trojan War, led by the sons of Thessalos. In historic
times Nisyros spoke the Doric dialect and belonged for
a time to the Delio-Attic League. In 200 B.C. it was incorporated into the Rhodian domain. The ancient city was at the NW tip of the island, above modern Mandraki. Remains include sections of the encircling wall
with towers built of trapezoidal blocks, perhaps from the
4th c. B.C., and, at the SE corner, a gate with an access
ramp. In the valley below a necropolis was excavated in
1932; it yielded material from the 7th and 6th c. B.C., as
well as a tomb datable to the 5th c. B.C.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
R. M. Dawkins, “Notes from the Sporades,”
BSA 12 (1905-6) 165ff; G. Jacopi, “Scavi e ricerche di Nisiro,”
Clara Rhodos 6-7 (1932-33) 471ff
PI;
G. E. Bean & J. M. Cook, “The Carian Coast III,”
BSA
52 (1957) 118-19; R. Hope Simpson & J. F. Lazenby,
“Notes from the Dodecanese,”
BSA 57 (1962) 169
PI.
M. G. PICOZZI
