Locrian

But the Messenians and a Locrian garrison under Demoteles, which after their disaster at Naxos had been left to protect the place, suddenly falling upon them put to flight the main body of the Leontines with great loss; whereupon the Athenians disembarked, came to their aid, and, falling on the Messenians while they were still in confusion, chased them back to the city.

The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

Pythodorus, having now succeeded Laches in the command, sailed at the end of the winter against the Locrian fort which

The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

IN the following summer, about the time when the corn comes into ear, ten Syracusan and ten Locrian ships took possession of Messenè in Sicily, whither they had gone by the invitation of the inhabitants.

The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

Eupalium,88 two Locrian towns which refused to come to terms.

The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

To cope with the wild boar the huntsman needs to have a variety of dogs, Indian, Cretan, Locrian, and Laconian,303 along with a stock of nets, javelins, boar-spears, and foot-traps.

On Hunting 2007

He also fell in with some Locrian settlers who had been driven out of Messenè.

The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

These consisted of the entire Theban cavalry and the Eleians, with as many of the Phocian or Thessalian or Locrian cavalry as were present.

Hellenica 2007

Ajax son of Oïleus of Locris Mythical figure, an especially rough and impious Greek warrior at Troy, also known as “Lesser Ajax” and “Locrian Ajax.”

The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

Locrian Ajax had attempted to seize Cassandra but violated the altar of Athena or a Trojan goddess, which made the Greeks loath to reward him and thereby earn divine enmity.

The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

Locrian Ajax escaped Athena, only to run afoul of Poseidon, who let him survive a shipwreck only to drown the man for his blasphemy.

The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006