OpuntianLocris or Eastern Locris was an ancient Greece ancient Greek region inhabited by the eastern division of the Locrians , the so called tribe of the Locri Epicnemidii lang el polytonic or Locri Opuntii Greek polytonic . Geography OpuntianLocris consisted of a narrow slip upon the eastern coast of central Greece, from the pass of Thermopylae to the mouth of the river Cephissus Boeotia Cephissus . The northern frontier town was Alpeni , which bordered upon the Malians Greek tribe Malians , and the southern frontier town was Larymna , which at a later time belonged to Boeotia . The Locrians, however, did not inhabit this coast continuously, but were separated by a narrow slip of Phocis , which extended to the Euboean sea , and contained the Phocian seaport town of Daphnus . The Locrians north of Daphnus were called Epicnemidii , from Mount Cnemis and those south of this town were named Opuntii , from Opus, Greece Opus , their principal city. On the west, the Locrians were separated from Phocis and Boeotia by a range of mountains, extending from Mount Oeta and running parallel to the coast. The northern part of this range, called Mount Cnemis ... bore no specific name, is not so lofty as Mount Cnemis, and separated the Opuntian Locrians from the north ..., is the Boagrius polytonic , called also Manes Locris Manes polytonic by Strabo, rising ... polytonic , Pausanias geographer Pausanias ix. 24. 5. ref a small stream, which flows into the Opuntian ... . ref Leake, vol. ii. p. 174. ref Opuntian Gulf The Opuntian Gulf, ref polytonic ... from Leake vol. ii. p. 181. ref In the Greco Persian Wars Persian War the Opuntian Locrians fought ... Alpenus , Nicaea Locris Nicaea , Scarphe Scarpheia , Thronium , Cnemis Locris Cnemis Cnemides , more ... from north to south, were Alope Locris Alope , Cynus , Opus, Greece Opus , Halae , Larymna which .... pp. 66, seq. , 170, seq. , 587, seq. Category Ancient mints Category Locris Category Battle of Thermopylae ... more details
Locris , was a colony founded by the Locrians in Magna Graecia . There is some disagreement over whether it was those from OpuntianLocris or from Ozolian Locris who were responsible. Ancient Locris ... little part in Greek history. To the south west of Phocis was Ozolian Locris , situated on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, between Naupactus and Crisa . The main cities of Ozolian Locris were Amfissa Amphissa and Naupactus which was its seaport . To the north east of Phocis was OpuntianLocris , named after its main city , Opus, Greece Opus . Finally, to the north of Phocis was Epicnemidian Locris , situated near the pass of Thermopylae . fact date January 2011 Ozolian Locris Main Ozolian Locris Ozolian Locris is today known commonly as Nafpaktia , after the city of Naupactus, and forms part of the prefecture of Phocis . OpuntianLocris Main OpuntianLocris Modern OpuntianLocris is part of the Phthiotis prefecture. External links http plato dialogues.org tools loc locris.htm Locris ... Category Locris br Lokris bg ca L crida de Lokris el es L crida eu Lokrida fr Locride it Locride Grecia la Locris hu Lokrisz nl Lokris no Lokris pl Lokryda pt L crida ru sh ... more details
, and on its eastern the Phocian coast. Ozolian Locris is said to have been a colony from the OpuntianLocrisOpuntian Locrians . The chief town of the Ozolians was Amfissa Amphissa and their most important ...Image Map athenian empire 431 BC en.svg thumb 300px Ozolian Locris in Central Greece, west of Attica , under the name Locris Ozolian Locris or Esperian Locris was a district inhabited by the Ozolian Locrians a tribe of the Locrians , upon the Gulf of Corinth Corinthian gulf , bounded on the north by Doris Greece Doris , on the east by Phocis , and on the west by Aetolia . Name Various etymologies were proposed by the ancients about the origin of the name of the regions inhabitants, the Ozolai polytonic . Some derived it from the Greek verb polytonic ozein which means to smell . According to Strabo , this version could be explained by the stench arising from a spring at the foot of Mount Taphiassus , beneath which Nessus mythology Nessus and other centaur s had been buried, ref Strabo , Geographica Strabo Geographica , Book IX, http www.perseus.tufts.edu cgi bin ptext?doc Perseus 3Atext 3A1999.01.0198&query book 3D 234 online at Perseus ref while according to Plutarch , that was due to the asphodel which scented the air. ref Plutarch , Moralia , Book IV, Quaestiones Graecae ref For the first of these two versions, Pausanias geographer Pausanias said that, as he had heard, Nessus, ferrying on Evenus , was wounded by Heracles but not killed on the spot, making him escape to this country and when he died, his body rotted unburied, imparting a stench to the atmosphere of the place. ref name Paus Pausanias geographer Pausanias , Description of Greece , Book 10, Phocis and Ozolian ... Locris is mountainous and for the most part unproductive. The declivities of Mount Parnassus from ..., Greece Rhium on the coast of Achaea . The eastern frontier of Locris, on the coast, was close to the Phocian ..., see Leake, Northern Greece , vol. ii. pp. 66, seq. , 170, seq. , 587, seq. Category Locris Category ... more details
Infobox Province GR name Locris name greek prefecture Phthiotis capital image map Lokrida province.png Locris Province was a province in Phthiotis Prefecture , Greece . Borders Livadeia Province South Phthiotis Province North West References reflist http el.wikipedia.org wiki Prefectures and provinces of Greece coord missing Greece Category Provinces of Greece el ... more details
Nicaea or Nikaia Greek language Greek polytonic , was an ancient fortress of the Locri Epicnemidii , situated upon the sea, and close to the pass of Thermopylae . It is described by Aeschines as one of the places which commanded the pass. ref De Fals. Leg. p. 45, ed. Steph. ref It was the first Locrian town after Alpenos , the latter being at the very entrance of the pass. The surrender of Nicaea by Phalaecus to Philip II of Macedon Philip II , in 346 BCE , made the Macedon ian king master of Thermopylae, and brought the Third Sacred War to an end. ref Diodorus xvi. 59. ref Philip kept possession of it for some time, but subsequently gave it to the Thessaly Thessalians along with Magnesia Prefecture Magnesia . ref Dem. Phil. ii. p. 153, ed. Reiske Aesch. c. Ctesiph. p. 73, ed. Steph. ref But in 340 BCE we again find Nicaea in the possession of Philip. ref Dern. in Phil. Ep. p. 153. ref According to Memnon ref ap. Phot. p. 234, a., ed. Bekker c. 41 ed. Orelli. ref Nicaea was destroyed by the Phocian s, and its inhabitants founded the Iznik Bithynian Nicaea . But even if this is true, the town must have been rebuilt soon afterwards, since we find it in the hands of the Aetolia ns during the Ancient Rome Roman wars in Greece . ref Polybius x. 42, xvii. 1 Livy xxviii. 5, xxxii. 32. ref Subsequently the town is only mentioned by Strabo ix. p. 426 . William Martin Leake identifies Nicaea with the castle of Pundon tza , where there are Hellenic remains. ref Northern Greece , vol. ii. p. 5, seq. ref References Reflist SmithDGRG coord missing Greece Category Ancient Greek cities Category Locris Category Former populated places in Greece sh Nikeja Lokrida ... more details
Cynus Ancient Greek Polytonic in Ancient Greece , was a city and seaport of Opus, Greece Opus in OpuntianLocris Eastern Locris . Coord missing Greece Category Former populated places in Greece Greece geo stub ... more details
Opus also Opous , Ancient Greek Polytonic , in Ancient Greece , the chief city of Opuntian or OpuntianLocris Eastern Locris . It was located on the coast of mainland Greece opposite Euboea , perhaps at modern Atalandi . Its harbor was at Cynus . In the Iliad , Homer mentions Opus as one of the Locrian cities whose troops were led by Ajax the Lesser , son of Oileus the king of Locris Homer, Iliad , 2.525 530 . Pindar s ninth Olympian ode, concerns Opus. Opus fought on the Greek side at Thermopylae , but surrendered, joining the Persians, and on the Sparta n side during the Peloponnesian War . In 198 BC , during the Second Macedonian War they went over to the Roman Republic Romans . References Smith, William, http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text?doc Perseus 3Atext 3A1999.04.0064 3Aalphabetic letter 3DO 3Aentry group 3D4 3Aentry 3Dopus geo Opus in Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography 1854 , LLD. London. Walton and Maberly, Upper Gower Street and Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row John Murray, Albemarle Street. Coord missing Greece Category Former populated places in Greece Greece geo stub de Opus Lokris es Opunte fr Oponte la Opus Locris ... more details
orphan date March 2010 coord 38 40 20 N 23 5 45 E display title Atalanta Ancient Greek polytonic , the modern Talandon si lang el , is a small island off Locris , in the Opuntian Locris Opuntian Gulf Opuntian Gulf , said to have been torn asunder from the mainland by an earthquake . In the first year of the Peloponnesian War this previously uninhabited island was fortified by the Athens Athenians to prevent Locrians Locrian pirates attacking Euboea . ref Thucydides Thuc. . ii. 32. ref In the sixth year of the war a part of the Athenian works was destroyed by the sea, with half the ships on the beach destroyed. Thucydides reports that following an earthquake, the sea receded from the shore before returning in a huge wave. ref ii. 89. ref Citing similar events at Peparethus and Orobiae , he suggests that earthquakes and such sea events are linked we now know that such tsunami are in fact caused by earthquakes. In 421 BC , the Peace of Nicias returned Atalanta to Sparta. ref Thucydides v. 18. ref References Strabo i. p. 61, ix. pp. 395, 425 , iii. 89 Diodorus xii. 44, 59 Pausanias geographer x. 20. 3 Livy xxxv. 37 Pliny the Elder ii. 88, iv. 12 Seneca the Younger Seneca Q. N. vi. 24 Stephanus of Byzantium s. v. William Martin Leake , Northern Greece , vol. ii. p. 172 Reflist SmithDGRG DEFAULTSORT Atalanta Island Category Islands of Greece Category Locris Category Peloponnesian War el ... more details
Locrian Greek Locrian dialect , Greek language Greek is one of the ancient Greek dialects , which was spoken by the Locrians in Locris Ancient Locris Locris , Central Greece . It is classified as a dialect of Doric Greek Northwest Greek Northwest Greek . The Locrians were divided into two tribes, the Ozolian Locris Ozolian Locrians and the Opuntian Locris Opuntian Locrians , thus the Locrian dialect can be also divided in two branches, the Ozolian and Opuntian respectively. The traits of both dialects were described by Wilhelm Dittenberger, editor of the project Inscriptiones Graecae . ref Inscriptiones Graecae Septentrionalis , Pars I Inscriptiones Phocidis, Locridis, Aetoliae, Acarnaniae, Insularum maris Ionii, Berolini, 1897, IG. IX, I ref History of the Greek language 245 Ozolian Locrian Dative case Dative plural of the Declension third declension in ois instead of si , a Doric Greek Northwest Greek Northwest trait, e.g. pantois polytonic pasi , meionois meiosi The adjective dipleios instead of polytonic diplous The assimilation of k in the preposition polytonic ek with the first consonant of the next word, e.g. polytonic e l limenos polytonic ek limenos The preposition kata Genitive case genitive instead of Accusative case accusative , e.g. polytonic kath n polytonic kath a Opuntian Locrian Dative case Dative plural of the Declension third declension in essi instead of ois , an Aeolic Greek Aeolic trait which was found in the Phocis Phocian dialect too, e.g. Kephallanessi , chr matessi The infinitive in en instead of ein , e.g. polytonic anagraphen polytonic anagraphein The patronymic names are according to the name they define, an Aeolic Greek Aeolic trait, e.g. Danais Nikoteleia Danais Nikotelous The preposition kata Genitive case genitive inst ... more details
In Greek mythology , Autoleon was a hero of Crotone Croton in southern Italy, of which the following story is told. Pausanias geographer Pausanias iii. 19. 11 relates precisely the same story of one Leonymus . It was customary with the Opuntian Locris Opuntian Locrians , whenever they drew up their army in battle array, to leave one place in the lines open for their national hero Ajax mythology Ajax . Once in a battle between the Locrians and Crotonians in Italy, Autoleon wanted to penetrate into this vacant place, hoping thus to conquer the Locrians. But the shade of Ajax appeared and inflicted on Autoleon a wound from which he suffered severely. The oracle advised him to conciliate the shade of Ajax by offering sacrifices to him in the island of Snake Island Black Sea Leuce . This was done accordingly, and Autoleon was cured. While in the island of Leuce, Autoleon also saw Helen of Troy Helen , who gave him a commission to Stesichorus . This poet had censured Helen in one of his poems, and had become blind in consequence. Helen now sent him the message, that if he would recant, his sight should be restored to him. Stesichorus composed a poem in praise of Helen, and recovered his sight. ref Conon mythographer Conon , Narrations 18. cited in Smith ref References SmithDGRBM page 446 Footnotes reflist Category Ancient Crotonians it Autoleone ... more details
The archaeological site of Mitrou is located on a Tidal island tidal islet in the Gulf of Euboea Gulf of Atalanti , in Opuntian Locris East Lokris in Central Greece . Excavation archaeology Excavation of the site is conducted under the direction of the American School of Classical Studies , and as of 2007 is ongoing. ref Cite web url http www.mitrou.org title Mitrou Archaeological Project accessdate 2008 02 07 ref Finds from surface survey indicate human presence already in the Neolithic period occupation continues throughout the Bronze Age and into the Early Iron Age . In addition to the settlement, burials dating to the Bronze and Early Iron Ages have been found close to the settlement. Part of the site s importance derives from the apparently continuous habitation here after the end of the Mycenaean Greece Mycenaean palatial Bronze Age , with no gap apparent between the post palatial Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age. This situation is mirrored in other Central Greek sites, such as Lefkandi , Kalapodi , Elateia , and Pyrgos Livanaton Kynos . References reflist coord missing Greece Category Mycenaean archaeological sites in central Greece Category Neolithic archaeological sites in Greece Category Archaeological sites in central Greece Category Former populated places in Greece euro archaeology stub ... more details
in customs, habits and civilization. Of these, the OpuntianLocris eastern Locrians , called the Opuntian ... and put an end to this tribute. See also Ozolian LocrisOpuntianLocris Locri in Italy , Magna Graecia ... the Ozolian Locris western Locrians , called Ozolian or Esperian, dwelt on the Gulf of Corinth ... BC, the Locrians had a series of conflicts with the neighbouring tribes. Only the Opuntian Locrians ... Corinth later and they stopped having a distinct identity in the 4th century BC. The Opuntian ... the maidens during their period of initiation Callimachus mentions that the curse fell upon Locris ... Locris after the Locrians failed to send the yearly tribute that the oracle demanded. Demetrius of Scepsis ... Greeks Category Ancient Greece Category Ancient Greece peoples Category Locrians Category Locris Category Ancient tribes in central Greece ca Locris el la Locri gens Graeca no Lokrierne ... more details
Gylis also transcribed Gyllis or Gylus was a Sparta n polemarch under Agesilaus II at the Battle of Coronea 394 BC in the Corinthian War . On the morning after the battle, Agesilaus, to see whether the enemy would renew the fight, ordered Gylis as he himself had been severely wounded to draw up the army in order of battle, with crowns of victory on their heads, and to erect a trophy to the sound of martial instruments. The Thebans , however, who alone were in a position to dispute the field, acknowledged their defeat by requesting leave to bury their dead. Soon after this, Agesilaus went to Delphi to dedicate to the god a tenth of his Asiatic spoils, and left Gylis to invade the territory of the Opuntian Locris Locrians , who had been the occasion of the war in Greece. ref Comp. Xen. Hell. iii. 5. 3, &c. cited by Smith ref Here the Spartans collected much booty but, as they were returning to their camp in the evening, the Locrians pressed on them with their darts, and slew many, among whom was Gylis himself. ref Xen. Hell, iv 3. 21, 23, Ages. 2. 15 Plut. Ages. 19 Paus. iii. 9. cited by Smith ref The Gyllis who is mentioned in one of the epigrams of Damagetus has been identified by some with Othryades , but on insufficient grounds. ref Jacobs, Antkol. ii. 40, viii. Ill, 112 cited by Smith ref References SmithDGRBM reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gylis ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH Category Ancient Greek generals Category Ancient Spartans Category 4th century BC Greek people Category 4th century BC deaths es Gilis ... more details
Use mdy dates date February 2011 Year nav 457 BC year in topic 457 NOTOC Year 457 BC was a year of the Roman calendar pre Julian Roman calendar . At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Pulvillus and Augurinus or Cincinnatus and Vibulanus or, less frequently, year 297 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 457 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events onlyinclude By place Persian Empire Artaxerxes I decrees that the city government of Jerusalem shall be re established. ref cite book title The Chronology of Ezra 7 last1 Horn first1 Siegfried H. last2 Wood first2 Lynn H. location Washington, D.C. publisher Review and Herald Publishing Association year 1953 page 127 ref Greece Athens , the leader of the Delian League , comes into conflict with Corinth and its ally Sparta leader of the Peloponnesian League over Megara . Nicodemes of Sparta, regent for King Pleistoanax , leads an army of 11,500 hoplites into Boeotia to help Thebes, Greece Thebes put down a rebellion by Phocis . Athenian forces block the routes back to the Peloponnese , so the Spartans decide to remain in Boeotia and await the Athenian attack. The Athenians and their allies, with 14,000 men under the command of Myronides , meet the Spartans at Battle of Tanagra 457 BC Battle of Tanagra . The Spartans win the battle, but they lose many men and so are unable to follow up on their victory. The Athenians regroup after the battle and march into Boeotia. Led by Myronides, the Athenians defeat the Boeotians in 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 the construction of the Long Walls to the Athenian port of Piraeus an action opposed by Sparta . Boeotia, Phocis and Opuntian Locris become members of the Delian League. Athens now has enrolled in the Delian League al ... more details
unreferenced date December 2010 Infobox Regions Ancient Greece name Phocis name polytonic image 07Delphi Theater03.jpg caption The ruins of the Delphi Temple of Apollo Temple of Apollo , Delphi Location Regions of Ancient Greece Central Greece Central Greece Major cities Delphi , Elatea Dialects Doric Greek Doric Key periods Third Sacred War br 355&ndash 346 BC image map Ancient Phocis map.jpg caption map Map showing location of ancient Phocis Phocis was an Regions of Ancient Greece ancient region in the central part of Greece Ancient Greece , which included Delphi . A modern prefecture, also called Phocis is named after the ancient region, although the modern region is substantially larger than the ancient one. Geography Ancient Phocis was about 1,619 km 625 mi in area, bounded on the west by Ozolian Locris and Doris Greece Doris , on the north by Opuntian Locris , on the east by Boeotia , and on the south by the Gulf of Corinth . The massive ridge of Parnassus 2,459 m 8,068 ft , which traverses the heart of the country, divides it into two distinct portions. Being neither rich in material resources nor well placed for commercial enterprise, Phocis was mainly pastoral. No large cities grew up within its territory, and its chief places, such as Delphi and Elatea , were mainly of strategic or cultural importance. History The early history of Phocis remains quite obscure. During the Persian Empire Persian invasion of 480 BC the Phocians at first joined in the national defence, but, by their irresolute conduct at the Battle of Thermopylae lost that position for the Greeks at the Battle of Plataea they were enrolled on the Persian side. In 457 BC an attempt to extend their influence to the headwaters of the Cephissus Boeotia Cephissus in the territory of Doris brought a Sparta n army into Phocis in defence of the metropolis of the Dorians . A similar enterprise against Delphi in 448 BC was again frustrated by Sparta, but not long afterwards the Phoc ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 In Greek mythology , Oileus or O leus was the king of Locris . His father was given as Hodoedocus whom Oileus succeeded as King of Locris and his mother as Agrianome daughter of Perseon , according to Hyginus s Fabulae . Oileus s wife was Eriopis , who bore him a son named Ajax the Lesser Ajax . Oileus was also the father of Medon , who is usually regarded as illegitimate Medon s mother was said to be a nymph named Rhene. Oileus was also an Argonauts Argonaut . Category Argonauts Category Greek mythology Category Locrians Category Mythological kings Greek myth stub bg cs Oileus de Oileus el es Oileo fr O l e ko it Oileo nl Oileus ja pl Ojleus pt Oileu ru sr fi Oileus uk ... more details
Locrian may refer to Locrians , an ancient Greek ethnic group Locrian Greek , ancient Greek dialect spoken by the Locrians Locris , the territory of the Locrians In music Locrian mode , a musical mode or diatonic scale Major Locrian scale , the scale obtained by sharpening the second and third degrees of the locrian mode Locrian sharp 2 or Half diminished scale , a musical scale commonly used in jazz and some rock Locrian band , Chicago based experimental music duo disambig ... more details
In Greek mythology , Opus was a son of Zeus and Protogeneia , the daughter of Deucalion . Opus was a king of the Epeians and father of Cambyse or Protogeneia. ref Pindar , Olympian Ode 9. 85 &c. with the scholia ref Opus II was a son of Locrus or Zeus by Cambyse and thus a grandson of Opus the first. ref Pindar, Olympian Ode 9 Eustathius of Thessalonica Eustathius on Homer , p. 277. ref From him, a portion of the Locri derived their name Opuntii. see Opus, Greece Opus, Locris References reflist SmithDGRBM Category Locrians Category Offspring of Zeus Category Kings in Greek mythology Category Mythology of central Greece Category Deucalionids ... more details
In Greek mythology , Hodoedocus was a son of Cynus and grandson of Opus mythology Opus . His father and sister, Larymna, were eponym s of the cites Cynus in Locris and Larymna in Boeotia respectively. ref Eustathius of Thessalonica Eustathius on Homer , p. 227 ref ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 9. 23. 7 ref Hodoedocus was the father of Oileus by Agrianome, daughter of Perseon ref Scholia on Homer , Iliad , 2. 640 ref ref Hyginus , Fabulae , 14 ref , and of Calliarus by Laonome ref Stephanus of Byzantium , s. v. Kalliaros ref . References reflist Greek myth stub Category Greek mythology Category Mythology of central Greece ... more details
And Hades.jpg thumb left Pinax from Locris Persephone and Hades sitting on the throne Due to fierce ... are very large. Epizephyrian Locris was one of the cities of Magna Graecia . Its renowned lawgiver ... , due to the local peoples characteristics. Locris was the site of two great sanctuaries, that of Persephone ... of the Ludovisi Throne , now thought to have come from Locris. ref In the early centuries Locris ... of Epirus and Rome , Locris accepted a Roman garrison and fought against the Epirote king. However ... plundered the temple of Persephone at Locris before his return to Epirus, an event which would ... its loyalty, Locris minted coins depicting a seated Rome being crowned by Pistis , a goddess personifying ... more details
, OpuntianLocris now part of Phthiotis in the north and Phocis in the west. The main mountain ... , whose mortal father had for allies Locris Locrians and Phocians. This is a pastiche made to be sung .... With the victory the Athenians also occupied Phocis , the original source of the conflict, and Opuntian Locrians Locris . ref cite book title The Ancient Greeks A Critical History author Fine, John ... more details
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