PHAIA
PHAIA (
Φαία,
Stadiasm. § 43;
Φθία,
Ptol. 4.5.2), a harbour of Marmarica, the name of which Olshausen (
Phoenizische Ortsnamen, in
Rhein. Mus. 1852, p. 324) connects with a Phoenician original. Barth (
Reise, p. 505) has identified it with a small bay upon the coast, a little to the N. of
Wady Temmineh. [
E.B.J]