στροφάς

A. turning round, revolving, circling, of the constellations, ἄρκτου στροφάδες κέλευθοι the Bear's circling paths, S. Tr. 131 (lyr.), cf. D.P. 594; στροφάδεσσιν ἀέλλαις whirl-winds, Orph. A. 677; of cranes on their return, Arat. 1032; of fish, στροφάδες παρὰ πέτρην Numen. ap. Ath. 7.319b; of worms, Hsch.

II. Στροφάδες (sc. νῆσοι), αἱ, the Drifting Isles, a group not far from Zacynthus, supposed to have been once floating, Apollod. 1.9.21, Str. 8.4.2, St.Byz.