A city in Elis.
Located on northwestern Peloponnesian Peninsula by the Selleeis River, Ephyre had two connections with the war at Troy.
Living in Ephyre, a woman named Astyokheia became the consort of the hero, Herakles. Their son Tlepolemos settled on the island of Rhodes, where he mustered a contingent of Rhodians for the assault on Troy.
Phyleus, father of the Achaian commander Meges, was the guest of a man named Euphetes who lived in Ephyre. Euphetes gave Phyleus an intricately made corslet as a guest-friend gift, which was passed down to Meges to wear at Troy.
| References: Homer, Iliad book 2, line 659 |