Nysa

Nysa may refer to:

Greek Mythology

• Nysa (mythology) or Nyseion, the mountainous region or mount (various traditional locations), where nymphs raised the young god Dionysus
• Nysiads, nymphs of Mount Nysa who cared for and taught the infant Dionysus

Historical figures

• Nysa (wife of Pharnaces I of Pontus), daughter of Laodice IV and Antiochus, wife of Pharnaces I of Pontus
• Nysa of Cappadocia, daughter of Pharnaces I of Pontus and Nysa, wife of Ariarathes V of Cappadocia and mother Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia
• Nysa, one of the daughters of Mithridates V of Pontus and Laodice VI
• Nysa, one of the daughters of Mithridates VI of Pontus from his concubine
• Nysa (wife of Nicomedes III of Bithynia), daughter of Laodice of Cappadocia and Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia, the first wife of Nicomedes III of Bithynia
• Nysa (daughter of Nicomedes III of Bithynia), daughter of Nicomedes III of Bithynia and Nysa

Settlements and jurisdictions

Turkey

• Nysa on the Maeander, (Caria) an ancient city and bishopric in Asia Minor (Anatolia), ruins in the Sultanhisar district of Aydın Province, restored as Latin Titular bishopric of Nysa in Asia in 1933
• Nysa (Cappadocia), an ancient city in Cappadocia
• Nisa (Lycia), an ancient city in Lycia

Greece

• Nysa (Boeotia), a town of ancient Boeotia
• Nysa (Euboea), a town of ancient Euboea
• Nysa (Naxos), a town of ancient Naxos
• Nysa (Thrace), a town of ancient Thrace and later Macedonia

Other

• Nysa (Alexander), a town spared by Alexander the Great during his invasion of Central Asia
• Nysa, Poland, a town in southern Poland on the N