Editing Locrus

In [[Greek mythology]], the name '''Locrus''' or '''Lokros''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|ɒ|k|r|ə|s}}; [[Ancient Greek]]: Λοκρός) may refer to:

* Locrus, the king of [[Locris]] and son of his predecessor King [[Physcus (mythology)|Physcius]]. He was the grandson of [[Amphictyon]], son of [[Deucalion]].<ref name=":0">[[Pseudo-Scymnus]], ''Circuit of the Earth'' 587 ff.</ref> Locrus became by [[Cabya]] the father of [[Opus (mythology)|Opus]], the mythical ancestor of the [[Ozolian Locris|Ozolian Locrians]].<ref>[[Plutarch]], ''Quaestiones Graecae'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0216%3Asection%3D16 15]</ref> According to some, his wife was called [[Cambyse]]<ref>[[Eustathius of Thessalonica|Eustathius]] on [[Homer]], p. 277</ref> or [[Protogeneia]].<ref>[[Pindar]], ''Olympian Ode'' 9.86</ref> Locrus named the [[Leleges|Lelegians]] Locrians after himself.<ref name=":0" />
* Locrus, son of [[Zeus]] and [[Maera (mythology)|Maera]], the daughter of [[Proetus]] of [[Corinth]]. He is said to have assisted [[Amphion and Zethus|Zethus]] and [[Amphion]] in the building of [[Ancient Thebes (Boeotia)|Thebes]].<ref>Eustathius ad Homer, p. 1688{{verification needed|date=June 2023}}</ref> In some accounts, his mother was called [[Megaclite (mythology)|Megaclite]], daughter of [[Macareus (son of Aeolus)|Macareus]] and had a sister [[Thebe (mythology)|Thebe]] who married Zethus.<ref name=":2">[[Pseudo-Clement]], ''[[Clementine Recognitions|Recognitions]]'' 10.21</ref>
* Locrus, son of [[Phaeax (mythology)|Phaeax]] and brother of [[Alcinous]] who emigrated to Italy where he married [[Laurinaitis|Laurina]], the daughter of [[Latinus]]. [[Heracles|Herakles]] at about that time was driving [[Geryon|Geryon's]] beautiful cows from [[Erytheia (mythology)|Erytheia]]. He arrived and was hosted kindly by Lokros. Latinus came to visit his daughter, saw and fancied the cows and drove them away. Discovering this, Herakles shot with his bow and killed him, and brought back the cows. Lokros, fearing Herakles might suffer something terrible at the hands of Latinus, who was strong in body and spirit, had hastened to the aid of his guest, having put on military gear. Herakles seeing him running and thinking he was someone rushing to support Latinus, loosed a shaft and killed him. After he learned he mourned loudly and conducted the rites for him. And when he had passed from among men he appeared to the people as a ghost and ordered them to establish a city by the tomb of Lokros. And the city keeps the name in honor of Lokros.<ref>[[Conon]], 3</ref>
* Locrus, also a [[Paros|Parian]] statuary, of unknown date whose statue of Athena in the temple of Ares, at Athens, is mentioned by [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]].

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== References ==

* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
*[[Conon (mythographer)|Conon]]'', Fifty Narrations, surviving as one-paragraph summaries in the Bibliotheca (Library) of Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople'' translated from the Greek by Brady Kiesling. [https://web.archive.org/web/20190322161405/https://topostext.org/work/489 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Plutarch|Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus]], ''Moralia'' with an English Translation by Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0215 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0213 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Pindar]], ''Odes'' translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0162 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Pindar, ''The Odes of Pindar'' including the Principal Fragments with an Introduction and an English Translation by Sir John Sandys, Litt.D., FBA. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1937. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0161 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Clementine literature|Pseudo-Clement]], ''Recognitions'' from [[Ante-Nicene Period|Ante-Nicene]] Library Volume 8'','' translated by Smith, Rev. Thomas. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh. 1867. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/ClementRecognitions.html Online version at theio.com]

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