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Region of Ancient Greece
Locris
Λοκρίς
Region of Ancient Greece
The mountains of Ozolian Locris, looking towards Naupactus, engraving by the Scottish artist Hugh William Williams
Map showing the location of Locris.
Location
Central Greece
Major cities
Amphissa, Naupactus
Dialects
Doric
Locris (/ˈloʊkrɪs,ˈlɒk-/;[1][2] Modern Greek: Λοκρίδα, romanized: Lokrída; Ancient Greek: Λοκρίς, romanized: Lokrís) was a region of ancient Greece, the homeland of the Locrians, made up of three distinct districts.
^"Locris". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
^"Locris". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
is some disagreement over whether it was those from Opuntian Locris or from Ozolian Locris who were responsible. The territory of the Locrians was divided...
Greek region of Locris. Today it is an important administrative and cultural centre on the Ionian Coast and within its province. Locri Epizefiri (Greek...
Greeks coming from Locris at the beginning of the 7th century BC. It is now in an archaeological park near the modern town of Locri. It was one of the...
Opuntian Locris or Eastern Locris was an ancient Greek region inhabited by the eastern division of the Locrians, the so-called tribe of the Locri Epicnemidii...
terminology for any of the days. Locris itself appears to be divided into Eastern Locris and Ozolian Locris. Eastern Locris has almost no remains for its...
Ozolian Locris (Ancient Greek: Ὀζολία Λοκρίς) or Hesperian Locris (Ancient Greek: Λοκρίς Ἑσπερία, lit. 'Western Locris') was a region in Ancient Greece...
Doris (Ancient Greek: Δωρίς) of Locri Epizefiri was the daughter of the rich Locrian, Xenetus, and became wife of the Sicilian tyrant Dionysius I of Syracuse...
the earth".) was a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris. He was called the "Ajax the Less", the "lesser" or "Locrian" Ajax, to distinguish...
Timaeus of Locri (/taɪˈmiːəs/; Ancient Greek: Τίμαιος ὁ Λοκρός, romanized: Tímaios ho Lokrós; Latin: Timaeus Locrus) is a character in two of Plato's...
Philistion of Locri (Greek: Φιλιστίων) was a Greek physician, medical and dietary author who lived in the 4th century BC. He was a native of Locri in Magna...
Acrion was a Locrian from Magna Graecia and a Pythagorean philosopher. He is mentioned by Valerius Maximus under the name of Arion. According to William...
into Locris, probably using the Fontana pass from Triteis to Naryx, or possibly the Kleisoura pass from Tithronion to the same general area of Locris. The...
Oeneon or Oineon (Ancient Greek: Οἰνεών), also Oenoa or Oinoa (Οἰνόα) and Oenoe or Oinoe (Οἰνόη), was a town of the Ozolian Locrians, east of Naupactus...
the month of Anthesterion were dedicated to her. The city of Epizephyrian Locris, in modern Calabria (southern Italy), was famous for its cult of Persephone...
the Battle of Oenophyta, and then destroy the walls of Tanagra and ravage Locris and Phocis. Athens goes on to defeat Aegina later in the year, and to finish...
prefecture of Greece. It was first established in 1833 as the Phocis and Locris Prefecture (Νομός Φθιώτιδος και Λοκρίδος) but abolished in 1836 and reconstituted...
of central Greece between Boeotia, Phocis, Doris and the three parts of Locris, seems to be attributable to ancient tribal divisions and not major geographical...
Locri Cathedral (Italian: Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Mastro; Duomo di Locri) is a Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Virgin Mary in the city...
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