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Ephyra

also: Ἐφύρη, Ἐφύρης

A city where Odysseus once sought a man-killing drug for his arrows, and where the suitors later imagine Telemachus might go for poison to use against them.

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Mentioned in 2 works (3 mentions)

The Iliad poem · 1 mention
The Odyssey poem · 2 mentions

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