Editing Locri (section)

==Main sights==

===Ionic temple of Marasà===
In the first half of the fifth century BC, the Locrians demolished their archaic temple and rebuilt a new temple in the [[Ionic order|Ionic style]]. The temple was designed by [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracusan]] architects around 470 BC, based on the idea of [[Hiero I of Syracuse]].

The new temple occupies the same place as the previous one but it has a different orientation. The temple was destroyed in the 11th century. The dimensions of the temple were {{convert|45.5|by|19.8|m|ft}}. The [[cella]] is free of supports on the central axes. The [[pronaos]] had two columns. The temple has seventeen Ionic columns on the long side, and six on the front. The height of the temple was {{convert|12|m|ft}}.

According to Italian scholar [[Margherita Guarducci]], the famous [[Ludovisi Throne]] comes from the temple of Aphrodite of Epizephyrian Locris, where it was used as the parapet of the [[bothros]]. This theory is strengthened by the measures of the sculpture which fit perfectly together with the three great stones of the covering of the ''bothros''; stones still existing and open to visits inside the archaeological area of the Temple of contrada Marasà.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.locriantica.it/english/finds/ludovisi.htm|title = Locri Epizephyrii's Archaeological Finds: The Ludovisi Throne}}</ref>

===The theatre===

The theatre was built in the fourth century BC not far from the ancient city, 
in the Contrada Pirettina, taking advantage of a hillside slope. The original structure had space for more than 4,500 people; now only the central part of the theatre is visible.

Part of the [[Cavea]] was cut into the rocks. Each plane was divided in 7 wedges between 6 scales. A horizontal separation divided the upper theater from the lower theatre.

===Ludovisi Throne===

[[File:Una joven.jpg|thumb|Left-hand panel of the throne: a woman playing the [[aulos]]]]

In 1982, the exquisite and famous [[Ludovisi Throne]], found reused in the ancient Roman [[gardens of Sallust]] in 1887, was securely linked to the newly studied Ionic temple at Marasà, in Locri. A reconstruction of the throne was shown to fit exactly into remaining blocks in the temple's foundations, and it has been suggested that terracotta votive plaques, or pinakes, of cults at Epizephyrian Locris, are the only stylistic parallel to the Throne.<ref>Terra, 1997</ref>

The marble sculpture, in its bas-relief decoration, represents on the front side Aphrodite born from the sea foam (but some scholars sees in it the representation of Persephone coming back from the Hades) and helped by two maidservants to raise from the water, while on the left side is represented a naked flute-girl seated on a cushion and playing the double-flute, and on the right side a veiled woman using an incense-burner.