Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . ii ; and, during the flourishing period of Grecianhistory. Opus was regarded as the chief town of theeastern Locrians. Even Strabo, from whom thedistinction is chiefly derived, in one place describesOpus as the metropolis of the Epicnemidii ( 416); and the same is confirmed by Pliny (iv. LOCPLS. 7. s. 12) and Stephanus (s. v. Ondas; from Leakevol. ii. p. 181). In the Persian War the (JjmntianLocrians fought with Leonidas at Thermopylae, andalso sent seven ships to the Grecian fleet. ( 203, viii. 1.) The Locrians fought on the sideof Spar
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . ii ; and, during the flourishing period of Grecianhistory. Opus was regarded as the chief town of theeastern Locrians. Even Strabo, from whom thedistinction is chiefly derived, in one place describesOpus as the metropolis of the Epicnemidii ( 416); and the same is confirmed by Pliny (iv. LOCPLS. 7. s. 12) and Stephanus (s. v. Ondas; from Leakevol. ii. p. 181). In the Persian War the (JjmntianLocrians fought with Leonidas at Thermopylae, andalso sent seven ships to the Grecian fleet. ( 203, viii. 1.) The Locrians fought on the sideof Sparta in the Peloponnesian War. (Time. ii. 9.)The following is a list of the Locrian towns: —1. Of the Epicnemidii: along the coast from N. toS., Aliknus; Nicaea ; Scakphe or Scarpheia;TiiKONiUM ; Cnemis or Cnemides ; more inland,, afterwards ; Augeiae.— the Ojiuntii : along the coast from N. to S.,; Cynus; OlTS; ; Larymna, whichat a later time belonged to Boeotia; more inland,Calliarus; Naryx; COIN OF THE LOCRI OPUNTII. II. LocRi Ozolae (Of(5Aai), inhabited a dis-trict upon the Corinthian gulf, bounded on the northby Doris and Aetolia, on the east by Phocis, and onthe west by Aetolia. This district is mountainous,and for the most part unproductive. The declivitiesof Mount Parnassus from Phocis, and of MountCorax from Aetolia, occupy the greater part of only river, of which the name is mentioned, isthe Hylaethus, now the Morno, which runs in asouth-westerly direction, and falls into the Corinthiangulf near Naupactus. The frontier of the LocriOzolae on the west was close to the promontoiyAntirrhium, opposite the promontory Rhium on thecoast of Achaia. Antirrhium, which was in theterritory of the Locri, is spoken of elsewhere. [ p. 13.] The eastern frontier of Locris, on thecoast, was close to the Phocian town of ; andthe Crissaean gulf washed on its western side theLocrian, and on its eastern the Phocian coast. The
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