Ephyra_(mythology)
In Greek mythology, Ephyra (Ancient Greek: Ἐφύρα, romanized: Ephýra) or Ephyre may refer to two different deities:
- Ephyra, one of the 3,000 Oceanids, water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus[1] and his sister-wife Tethys.[2] Otherwise, she was called the daughter[3] or wife[4][5] of the Titan Epimetheus. Ephyra was the first to dwell in the land of Ephyrae, which was later called Corinth.[6] In some accounts, her father was called Myrmex.[citation needed] Ephyra was sometimes attributed to be the mother of Aeetes by Helios.[7]
- Ephyre, one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of the "Old Man of the Sea" Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[8][9] She was in the train of Cyrene along with her sister Opis, Deiopea and Arethusa.[10] This Ephyra may be the same to the above Oceanid.[11]