Its ruins are located near Kiliçli (Sıçak), a small village in the Kaş district of Antalya Province, Turkey.

The pillar tombs in the necropolis to the north of the city attest to a Lycian origin of the settlement, and date to c. 500 BC.

[1] During the period when the region was under Roman control, the city was part of a local federation, or sympoliteia, that comprised Simena, Isinda and Aperlae.

[2] The ruins of a Byzantine church possibly date to the 6th or 7th century AD, so the city was still occupied at that time.

[3] Two churches, a theater, baths with cisterns and a heroon are found on the western and northwestern side of the acropolis.