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Locris (Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
, Modern: Lokrida, Ancient: Lokris) was a region of ancient Greece
Ancient Greece

The term Ancient Greece refers to the period of History of Greece lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca. 1100 BC and the Dorian invasion, to 146 BC and the Roman Republic conquest of Greece after the Battle of Corinth ....
, the homeland of the Locrians
Locrians

The Locrians were an ancient Greeks tribe in Ancient Greece. The Locrians spoke the Locrian Greek, a Doric Greek#Northwest Greek dialects, and this indicates that they must have been relatives of the Dorians....
, made up of two districts. Opuntian Locris
Opuntian Locris

Opuntian Locris or Eastern Locris was an ancient Greece region inhabited by the tribe of the Locri Epicnemidii or Locri Opuntii , a division of the Locrians....
 or Eastern Locris was on the mainland coast stretching from Thermopylae
Thermopylae

Thermopylae is a location in Greece where a narrow coastal passage existed in classical antiquity. It derives its name from several natural hot water springs....
 to Larymna, opposite Euboea
Euboea

For the Greek mythology figure, see Euboea Euboea is the second largest of the Greece Aegean Islands and the second largest List of islands of Greece overall in area and population, after Crete....
, while Ozolian Locris
Ozolian Locris

Ozolian Locris or Esperian Locris was a district inhabited by the Ozolian Locrians a tribe of the Locrians, upon the Gulf of Corinth, bounded on the north by Doris , on the east by Phocis, and on the west by Aetolia....
 or Western Locris was on the northern coast of the Corinthian Gulf between Naupactus
Naupactus

Naupactus or Nafpaktos , is the second largest town in the prefectures of Greece of Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece, situated on a bay on the north side of the straits of Lepanto....
 and Crisa
CRISA

Computadores, Redes e Ingenier?a, S.A. is a Spanish company founded in 1985 to develop and manufacture electronics and software products for aerospace applications....
, going inland up the Amphissa valley.

Locris is not to be confused with Epizephyrian Locris
Locri

Locri is a town and comune in the province of Reggio Calabria, Calabria, southern Italy. The name derives from the ancient Greek "Locris" ....
, a colony founded by the Locrians in Calabria
Calabria

Calabria , is a Regions of Italy in Southern Italy Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of the Italian peninsula. It is bounded to the north by the region of Basilicata, to the south-west by the region of Sicily, to the west by the Tyrrhenian Sea, and to the east by the Ionian Sea....
.

territory of the Locrians was divided into two by Doris
Doris (Greece)

Doris , is a small mountainous district in ancient Greece, bounded by Aetolia, southern Thessaly, the Locris, and Phocis; the original homeland of the Dorians Greeks....
 and Phocis
Phocis

Phocis is an ancient district and a modern Prefectures of Greece of Greece, located in Central Greece, stretching from the western mountainsides of Mount Parnassus on the east to the mountain range of Vardousia on the west, upon the Gulf of Corinth....
, perhaps due to an early invasion of a contiguous Locrian state.






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Locris (Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
, Modern: Lokrida, Ancient: Lokris) was a region of ancient Greece
Ancient Greece

The term Ancient Greece refers to the period of History of Greece lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca. 1100 BC and the Dorian invasion, to 146 BC and the Roman Republic conquest of Greece after the Battle of Corinth ....
, the homeland of the Locrians
Locrians

The Locrians were an ancient Greeks tribe in Ancient Greece. The Locrians spoke the Locrian Greek, a Doric Greek#Northwest Greek dialects, and this indicates that they must have been relatives of the Dorians....
, made up of two districts. Opuntian Locris
Opuntian Locris

Opuntian Locris or Eastern Locris was an ancient Greece region inhabited by the tribe of the Locri Epicnemidii or Locri Opuntii , a division of the Locrians....
 or Eastern Locris was on the mainland coast stretching from Thermopylae
Thermopylae

Thermopylae is a location in Greece where a narrow coastal passage existed in classical antiquity. It derives its name from several natural hot water springs....
 to Larymna, opposite Euboea
Euboea

For the Greek mythology figure, see Euboea Euboea is the second largest of the Greece Aegean Islands and the second largest List of islands of Greece overall in area and population, after Crete....
, while Ozolian Locris
Ozolian Locris

Ozolian Locris or Esperian Locris was a district inhabited by the Ozolian Locrians a tribe of the Locrians, upon the Gulf of Corinth, bounded on the north by Doris , on the east by Phocis, and on the west by Aetolia....
 or Western Locris was on the northern coast of the Corinthian Gulf between Naupactus
Naupactus

Naupactus or Nafpaktos , is the second largest town in the prefectures of Greece of Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece, situated on a bay on the north side of the straits of Lepanto....
 and Crisa
CRISA

Computadores, Redes e Ingenier?a, S.A. is a Spanish company founded in 1985 to develop and manufacture electronics and software products for aerospace applications....
, going inland up the Amphissa valley.

Locris is not to be confused with Epizephyrian Locris
Locri

Locri is a town and comune in the province of Reggio Calabria, Calabria, southern Italy. The name derives from the ancient Greek "Locris" ....
, a colony founded by the Locrians in Calabria
Calabria

Calabria , is a Regions of Italy in Southern Italy Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of the Italian peninsula. It is bounded to the north by the region of Basilicata, to the south-west by the region of Sicily, to the west by the Tyrrhenian Sea, and to the east by the Ionian Sea....
.

Ancient Locris

The territory of the Locrians was divided into two by Doris
Doris (Greece)

Doris , is a small mountainous district in ancient Greece, bounded by Aetolia, southern Thessaly, the Locris, and Phocis; the original homeland of the Dorians Greeks....
 and Phocis
Phocis

Phocis is an ancient district and a modern Prefectures of Greece of Greece, located in Central Greece, stretching from the western mountainsides of Mount Parnassus on the east to the mountain range of Vardousia on the west, upon the Gulf of Corinth....
, perhaps due to an early invasion of a contiguous Locrian state. This fact, combined with the region's infertility, meant that the Locrians tended to be dominated by their neighbours, and played little part in Greek history. Opuntian Locris was named after its main city
City

A city is an urban area with a high population density and a particular administrative, legal, or historical status.Large industrialized cities generally have advanced systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, house, and transportation and more....
, Opus
Opus, Greece

Opus , in Ancient Greece, the chief city of Opuntian or Opuntian Locris. It was located on the coast of mainland Greece opposite Euboea, perhaps at modern Atalandi....
. The main cities of Ozolian Locris were Amphissa
Amfissa

File:AMPHISSA 1918.jpgAmfissa is a municipality and the capital town of the prefecture of Phocis, in Greece. It is also known as Salona , which was the Middle Ages name of the town....
 and Naupactus
Naupactus

Naupactus or Nafpaktos , is the second largest town in the prefectures of Greece of Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece, situated on a bay on the north side of the straits of Lepanto....
 which was its seaport. In the 7th century BC, some Locrians founded the city of Locri
Locri

Locri is a town and comune in the province of Reggio Calabria, Calabria, southern Italy. The name derives from the ancient Greek "Locris" ....
 in southern Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
, naming it after their native land, although there is some disagreement over whether it was those from Opuntian Locris or from Ozolian Locris who were responsible.

Modern Lokrida

Modern Lokrida (Opuntian Locris) is located in a province in the southeastern part of the Fthiotis prefecture. Its modern seat is Atalanti
Atalanti

Atalanti, also Atalandi or Ataladi is a town and a municipality in Lokrida in the southeastern part of the Fthiotis prefecture in Greece....
. It is bounded by the Viotia prefecture to the south, Fokida prefecture to the southwest and the Fthiotis province to the northwest. The Ozolian Locris is today known commonly as Nafpaktia
Nafpaktia

Nafpaktia is one of the most popular mountainous areas in Greece.Visitors observe the scenery, as well as participate in outdoor activities such as mountainous trekking, biking, horseback-riding, and archery....
 and also the southern part of Fokida as part of the Dorida province.

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