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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Locris
| native_name             = Λοκρίς
| native_name_lang        = el<!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "fr" for French. If more than one, use {{lang}} instead -->
| settlement_type         = Region of [[Ancient Greece]]
| image_skyline           = Mountains of Locri Ozolae, looking towards Naupactus engraving by William Miller after H W Williams.jpg
| image_alt               =
| image_caption           = The mountains of Ozolian Locris, looking towards [[Naupactus]], engraving by the Scottish artist Hugh William Williams
| image_map               = Location of Locris.png
| map_alt                 =
| map_caption             = Map showing the location of Locris.
| blank_name              = Location
| blank_info              = [[Regions of Ancient Greece#Central Greece|Central Greece]]
| blank1_name             = Major cities
| blank1_info             = [[Amfissa|Amphissa]], [[Naupactus]]
| blank2_name             = Dialects
| blank2_info             = [[Doric Greek|Doric]]
| blank3_name             = Key periods
| blank3_info             =
}}
'''Locris''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|oʊ|k|r|ɪ|s|,_|ˈ|l|ɒ|k|-}};<ref>{{cite dictionary |title=Locris |dictionary=[[Collins English Dictionary]] |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] |url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/locris |access-date=3 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite Merriam-Webster |Locris |via=collinsdictionary.com |access-date=3 August 2019}}</ref> {{langx|el|label=[[Modern Greek]]|Λοκρίδα|Lokrída}}; {{langx|grc|Λοκρίς|Lokrís}}) was a region of [[ancient Greece]], the homeland of the [[Locrians]], made up of three distinct districts.
==Locrian tribe==
{{Main|Locrians}}
The city of [[Locri]] in [[Calabria]] ([[Italy]]), also known in antiquity as "Epizephyrian Locris", was a colony founded by the Locrians in [[Magna Graecia]]. There is some disagreement over whether it was those from Opuntian Locris or from Ozolian Locris who were responsible.
==Ancient Locris==
The territory of the Locrians was divided into three by [[Doris (Greece)|Doris]] and [[Phocis (ancient region)|Phocis]], 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.
To the south-west of Phocis was [[Ozolian Locris]], situated on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, between [[Nafpaktos|Naupactus]] and [[Crissa|Crisa]]. The main cities of Ozolian Locris were [[Amfissa|Amphissa]] and Naupactus which was its [[seaport]]. To the north east of Phocis was [[Opuntian Locris]], named after its main [[city]], [[Opus, Greece|Opus]]. Finally, to the north of Phocis was [[Opuntian Locris|Epicnemidian Locris]], situated near the pass of [[Thermopylae]].<ref>{{cite book |first=José |last=Pascual |year=2013 |title=Topography and History of Ancient Epicnemidian Locris |publisher=Brill Academic Publishers }}</ref>
The Opuntian Locris and the Epicnemidian Locris are often regarded as one people, separate in customs and integration to the [[Culture of Greece|Hellenic culture]] from the Ozolian Locris, considered as the less civilised of the two. The territories of the Opuntian Locris and the Epicnemidian Locris were not a continuous unit but were separated from one another by [[Phocis (ancient region)|Phocis]] and [[Doris (Greece)|Doris]].<ref>{{cite DGRG |title=Locris |url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0064:entry=locris-geo }}</ref>
===Ozolian Locris===
{{Main|Ozolian Locris}}
[[File:Ancient_Greek_southern_regions.png|260 px|right|thumb|Location of Locris in relation to other regions.]]
The main towns of Ozolian Locris were [[Amfissa|Amphissa]] and [[Naupactus]]. Today, the area is part of [[Aetolia-Acarnania]] and [[Phocis]].
===Opuntian Locris===
{{Main|Opuntian Locris}}
The main towns of Opuntia Locris were [[Opus, Greece|Opus]] and [[Larymna]]. Today, Opuntian Locris is part of modern [[Phthiotis]].
===Epicnemidian Locris===
{{main|Epicnemidian Locris}}
The main towns of Epicnemidian Locris were [[Nicaea, Locris|Nicaea]] and Thronium. Today, Epicnemidian Locris is part of modern Phthiotis.
==Province==
The province of Locris ({{langx|el|Επαρχία Λοκρίδας}}) was one of the [[provinces of Greece|provinces]] of the Phthiotis Prefecture. Its capital was the town [[Atalanti]]. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipalities [[Amfikleia-Elateia]], [[Lokroi (municipality)|Lokroi]], and [[Kamena Vourla]].<ref name=census91>{{cite report |title=Detailed census results |year=1991 |url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00086.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183824/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00086.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-03 }}&nbsp;{{small|(39&nbsp;MB)}} {{in lang|el|fr}}</ref> It was abolished in 2006.
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|Locri (Greece)}}
* {{cite web |title=Locris |website=Plato and his dialogues (plato-dialogues.org) |url=http://plato-dialogues.org/tools/loc/locris.htm }}
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