Ephyra n. (Zoöl.) A stage in the development of discophorous medusae, when they first begin to swim about after being detached from the strobila. See Strobila.
... their own king and besought Alcinous to receive them as comrades; and there in the island long time they dwelt with the Phaeacians, until in the course of years, the Bacchiadae, a race sprung from Ephyra, [1410] settled among them; and the Colchians passed to an island opposite; and thence they were destined to reach the Ceraunian hills of the Abantes, and the Nestaeans and Oricum; but all this was fulfilled after long ages had passed. ... — The Argonautica • Apollonius Rhodius Read full book for free!
... America had their representatives in Europe. Odysseus went to Ephyra for the man-slaying drug with which to smear his bronze-tipped ... — The Antediluvian World • Ignatius Donnelly Read full book for free!
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