HYPERIA (anc. geog.) the feat of the Phœacians near the Cyclops, (Homer): some commentators take it to be Camarina in Sicily; but, according to others, is supposed to be an adjoining island, which they take to be Melita, lying in sight of Sicily. And this seems to be confirmed by Apollonius Rhodius. Whence the Phœacians afterwards removed to Coreyra, called Seberia, Phœacia, and Maeris; having been expelled by the Phœnicians, who settled in Melita for commerce, and for commodious harbours, before the war of Troy. (Diodorus Siculus.)