Phocaea

This article is about the ancient city. For the modern city, see Foça. For other uses, see Phocaea (disambiguation).

Phocaea
Φώκαια (Greek) (in Greek) Foça (Turkish) (in Turkish)
Phokaia
The theatre of Phocaea
Location within Western Turkey Location within Turkey
38°40′03″N 26°45′29″E
Type	Settlement
Location	Foça, İzmir Province, Turkey
Region	Ionia

Phocaea or Phokaia (Ancient Greek: Φώκαια, Phókaia; modern-day Foça in Turkey) was an ancient Ionian Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia. Greek colonists from Phocaea founded the colony of Massalia (modern-day Marseille, in France) in 600 BC, Emporion (modern-day Empúries, in Catalonia, Spain) in 575 BC and Elea (modern-day Velia, in Campania, Italy) in 540 BC.