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Ephyre
Korinth

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.

Ephyre

References:
Homer, Iliad book 6, lines 152, 210
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