Locris

American  

[loh-kris] / ˈloʊ krɪs /

noun

1. either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.

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Locris British  

/ ˈləʊkrɪs, ˈlɒk- /

noun

1. an ancient region of central Greece

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Other Word Forms

• Locrian noun

Example Sentences

In Greece two towns were reduced to ruins, namely, Opus in Locris, and Oritus.

From The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. by Rawlinson, George

And as to his two wives, Aristomache his countrywoman, and Doris of Locris, he never visited them at night before everything had been well searched and examined.

From The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero by Yonge, Charles Duke

He forced his way through the passes of Antigonea, which were occupied by the enemy, invaded Thessaly, and took up his winter quarters in Phocis and Locris.

From A Smaller History of Rome by Smith, William, Sir

Avoiding therefore Nemea on the Isthmus of Corinth, to which he supposed the oracle to refer, Hesiod retired to Oenoe in Locris where he was entertained by Amphiphanes and Ganyetor, sons of a certain Phegeus.

From Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Evelyn-White, Hugh G. (Hugh Gerard)

Hearing that the garrison had moved into Locris, and hoping to find Orchomenus defenseless, he marched with his sacred band, and some few horsemen.

From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh