LOCRI (city in Bruttium)
Italian comune
- Kind of place
- City
- Region
- Bruttium
- Patron
- Euthymus
- Where
- 38.23° N, 16.27° E
The city is constructed on a height called Esopis. Strabo 6.1.7 Lacedaemonians sent colonies to this location in Italy. Pausanias 3.3.1 The distance from Rhegium to the Locri is six hundred stadia. Strabo 6.1.7
Described in the sources
Oeanthia and Eupalium are territories belonging to the Locri. Pliny, Nat. Hist. 4.4 ¶1 +1 The Locri Ozolae occupied the western side of the mountain Parnassus. Strabo 9.3.1 +1 The river Sagras is located immediately after the place called Locri. Pliny, Nat. Hist. 3.15 ¶1 +1 Grasshoppers in this territory are noted for singing, unlike those on the opposite side. Pliny, Nat. Hist. 11.32 ¶3 +1 The Locri were located in Italy. Pausanias 3.19.12 The capital of the Locri is named Opoeis. Strabo 9.4.2 The Locri Ozole possessed a place named Alopē. Strabo 9.4.9 A statue honoring Euthymus was erected in Locri. Pliny, Nat. Hist. 7.48 ¶1 Locri is situated within the fifth climatic zone. Pliny, Nat. Hist. 6.39 ¶6 Locri is situated 303 miles from the river Silarus. Pliny, Nat. Hist. 3.10 ¶2
Gods and worship
The Locri called upon Ajax son of Oileus for help in battle. Pausanias 3.19.12
Stories and history
The Locri had a relationship with the Opuntians. Pausanias 3.19.12 The Locri were at war with the people of Crotona. Pausanias 3.19.12 The Locri captured the wife and children of Dionysius. Strabo 6.1.8 Some Opuntii in Elis claim an affinity with the Locri Opuntii. Strabo 9.4.2 The Locri overpowered the guard left by Dionysius in their city. Strabo 6.1.8 Dionysius the elder assigned a portion of Scylletium to the Locri. Strabo 6.1.10 The Locri freed themselves from the control of Dionysius's forces. Strabo 6.1.8 The Locri refused to release Dionysius's family for any ransom offered. Strabo 6.1.8 The city was moved with the assistance of Syracusans living among them. Strabo 6.1.7 The western Locrians have the star Hesperus engraved on their public seal. Strabo 9.3.1