Mapharitis
Μαφαρῖτις
Mapharitis (Μαφαρῖτις), a district of Arabia Felix, lying about the city of Sava (Σαυή), which is placed by Arrian three days' journey from Muza, on the Red Sea. [MUZA] He mentions the king's name, Cholaebus (Χόλαιβος). (Periplus Maris Eryth. p. 13.) The Sava of Arrian is probably identical with the Sapphara or Sapphar of Ptolemy (Σάπφαρα al. Σαπφὰρ μητρόπολις, 6.7.41), the capital no doubt of a tribe named by him Sappharitae (Σαπφαριταί), the Mapharitis of Arrian. They are distinct from the MAPHORITAE of Ptolemy.
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.