Πληροφορίες τοπωνυμίου

Τρωικός πόλεμος

Ο Ομηρος αναφέρει Λοκρούς που συμμετείχαν με 40 πλοία, ηγεμόνας τους ήταν ο Αίας ο Οϊλέως (Ιλ. Β 528). Πόλεις: Α. Οπουντίων Λοκρών : 1. Κύνος, 2. Οπόεις, Β. Επικνημίδων Λοκρών: 1. Καλλίαρος, 2.Βήσσα, 3. Σκάρφη, 4. Αυγειαί, 5. Τάρφη, 6. Θρόνιον.

Perseus: Homer, Iliad
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=...

Ajax the Lesser

  Ruler of Locris and warrior in the Trojan War who comitted sacrilege by dragging Cassandra out of the temple of Athena where she had sought refuge. The goddess had Poseidon punish him by sending a storm and sinking Ajax's ship. The warrior was strong enough to swim to a rock, and clinging on to it he boasted that the sea could not drown him. Poseidon was then so angered that he split the rock with his trident, thus drowning Ajax.

This text is cited Sept 2003 from the In2Greece URL below.

• http://www.in2greece.com/english/historymyth/mytho...