The archaic name for the city of Korinth.
Recounting his heritage, the Trojan ally Glaukos said his great-great grandfather Sisyphos came from Ephyre. Also, Glaukos's grandfather Bellerophontes lived in Ephyre until he was unjustly banished to Lykia, in southern Anatolia.
1. Anatolia—corresponding essentially to modern-day Turkey.
References: Homer, Iliad book 6, lines 152, 210 |