(Ἴσσα), a daughter of Macareus in Lesbos, and the beloved of Apollo, from whom the Lesbian town of Issa is said to have received its name. (Ov. Met. 6.124; Tzetz. ad Lycoph. 220 ; Steph. Byz. s. v.; Strab. i. p.60.)
[L.S]A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890