Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . an citizen, was cele- LOCRIS. 201 brated for his skill on the cithara ; and the athleteEuthymus of Locri, who gained several prizes atOlympia, was scarcely less renowned than Milo ofCrotona. (Strab. vi. pp. 255, 260 ; Paus. vi. 6.§§4-11.) The territory of Locri, during the flourishingperiod of the city, was certainly of considerableextent. Its great augmentation by Dionysius ofSyracuse has been already mentioned. But previousto that time, it was separated from that of lihegiumon the SW. by the river Halex or Alice, while itsnorthern limit towards Caulo
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . an citizen, was cele- LOCRIS. 201 brated for his skill on the cithara ; and the athleteEuthymus of Locri, who gained several prizes atOlympia, was scarcely less renowned than Milo ofCrotona. (Strab. vi. pp. 255, 260 ; Paus. vi. 6.§§4-11.) The territory of Locri, during the flourishingperiod of the city, was certainly of considerableextent. Its great augmentation by Dionysius ofSyracuse has been already mentioned. But previousto that time, it was separated from that of lihegiumon the SW. by the river Halex or Alice, while itsnorthern limit towards Caulonia was probably theSagras, generally identified with the Alaro. Theriver Buthrotus of Livy (xxix. 7), which appearsto have been but a short distance from the town,was probably the Novito, about six miles to the mentions two other colonies of Locri(besides Hipponium and i\Iedma already noticed),to which he gives the names of Itone and Melae,but no other trace is found of either the one or theother. (Thuc. v. 5.) [E. H. B.]. COIN OF THE LOCRI EriZEPHYRH. LOCRIS (AoKpis: Eth. AoKpoi; in Latin alsoLocri, but sometimes Locrenses). The Locri werean ancient people in Greece, and were said to havebeen descended from the Leleges. This was theopinion of Aristotle; and other writers supposed thename of the Locrians to be derived from Locrus,an ancient king of the Leleges. (Aristot.; Hes. \i\. p. 322 ; Scymnus Ch. 590; ; Plin. iv. 7. s. 12.) The Locrians, however,must at a very early period have become inter-mingled with the Hellenes. In the Homeric poemsthey always appear as Hellenes; and, according tosome traditions, even Deucalion, the founder of theHellenic race, is said to have lived in the Locriantown of Opus or Cynus. (Pind. 01. ix. 63, seq.;Strab. ix. p. 425.) In historical times the Locrianswere divided into two distinct tribes, differing fromone another in customs, habits, and civilisation. Ofthese the eastern Locrians, called the Opuntii an
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