. and the latter with theAthenians.—1. Eastern Locris, extended fromThessaly and the pass of Thermopylae alongthe coast to the frontiers of-Boeotia, and wasbounded on the W. by the mountain range ofCnemis, Ptoum, and Messapium, which sepa-rated their country from Doris and inhabitants were called indifferently LocriEpicnemidii {EwiKi/rifiiSiot), from the fact oftheir dwelling by Mt. Cnemis, and LocriOpuntii from their chief town, Opus. Thelatter name was most commonly used in his-torical times; the former is sometimes writ
. and the latter with theAthenians.—1. Eastern Locris, extended fromThessaly and the pass of Thermopylae alongthe coast to the frontiers of-Boeotia, and wasbounded on the W. by the mountain range ofCnemis, Ptoum, and Messapium, which sepa-rated their country from Doris and inhabitants were called indifferently LocriEpicnemidii {EwiKi/rifiiSiot), from the fact oftheir dwelling by Mt. Cnemis, and LocriOpuntii from their chief town, Opus. Thelatter name was most commonly used in his-torical times; the former is sometimes writtenHypocnemidii (). It has often, buterroneously, been supposed that the nameEpicnemidii denoted those who dwelt in the Locris, and the name Opuntii those who dweltin the S. Locris was a fertile and cultivatedstrip of land. In 456 the Locrians became per-force allies of Athens, but followed the lead ofThebes in the Peloponnesian war, and again inthe Theban wars with Sparta in 395 and ,sonof Oileus, was the national hero of the. Coin of Locri bead of Persephone: onoNTlQN ; AJax, son ofOileus, as a warrior. Opuntian Locrians [Ajax, 2].—2. WesternLocris, or the country of the Locri 0z51aelO(oXai), was bounded on the N. by Doris, onthe W. by Aetolia, on the E. by Phocis, and onthe S. by the Corinthian gulf. The origin ofthe name of Ozolae is uncertain. The ancientsderived it from 5(Teie to smell, on account ofthe undressed skins worn by the inhabitants, oron account of the great quantity of asphodelthat grew in their country, or from the stencharising from mineral springs, beneath whichthe centaur Nessus is said to have been buried (Paus. x. 38, 1; Strab. p. 427); or from 3£bi,1 vine-branches. The country is mountainous,and for the most part unproductive. Mt. Coraxfrom Aetolia, and Mt. Parnassus from Phocis,occupy the greater part of it. The LocriOzolae resembled their neighbours, the Aeto-lians, both in their predatory habits an
Size: 2228px × 1122px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookidclassicaldic, bookyear1894
