The city of Locri, or Locri Epizephyrii, an ancient Greek
settlement in Southern Italy, was founded by the Locrians as
early as B. C. 683. The elder Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse,
married a Locrian woman and showed great favor to the city, of
which he acquired control; but it suffered terribly from his
son, the younger Dionysius, who transferred his residence to
Locri when first driven from Syracuse.
LOCRIANS, The.
See LOKRIANS.