Greek: Βύλλις or Βουλλίς Detail of the late antique cathedral
complex and the Adriatic sea in the distance. |Location||Hekal,
Fier County| |Periods||Hellenistic, Roman, Late antique,
Byzantine| |Cultures||Illyrian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine|
|Excavation dates||1978–1991, 2000-present|
|Archaeologists||Camillo Prashniker, Neritan Çeka, Skënder
Muçaj, Jean-Pierre Sodini, Pascale Chevalier, Nicolas Beaudry|
Byllis (Ancient Greek: Βύλλις or Βουλλίς) was an ancient city
located in the region of Illyria. The remains of Byllis are
situated north-east of Vlorë, 25 kilometers from the sea in
Hekal, Mallakastër District, Albania. Stephanus of Byzantium
mentions Byllis as a seaside city (erroneously) in Illyria and
its foundation legend, according to which the city was built by
Myrmidons under Neoptolemus, returning from the Trojan War, a
tradition confirmed by numismatics. The Bylliones are first
attested in the mid-4th century BC, in the description of the
geographer Pseudo-Scylax, and also asking the oracle of Dodona t