Hygassos

Hygassos was a town of the Rhodian Peraea in ancient Caria, that was inhabited in the Hellenistic period. The name does not appear in inscriptions, but the demonym (Ancient Greek: Ὑγασσέως) occurs frequently in ancient epigraphy.

Its site is located on Losta Bay, Bozburun Peninsula, Asiatic Turkey.

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