the Locrians, of whom there were three tribes, the Opuntian, opposite Euboea, Il. 2.527, Th. 1.108, Str. 9.3.1, 9.3.17; the Epicnemidian, on Mt. Cnemis on the Maliac Gulf, Id.ll.cc.; and the Ozolian, on the Corinthian Gulf, Th. 1.5, 103, etc.: the Epizephyrian or Zephyrian were a colony of the last on Mt. Zephyrium in lower Italy, Pi. O. 10(11).13, Th. 4.24 sq., 7.1, etc.: prov. Λοκρῶν σύνθημα, of deceit, Eust. 275.43, Hsch., Suid.:— Adj. Λοκρός, ά, όν, Locrian, Lyc. 1429:—also Λοκρικός, ή, όν, Poll. 4.65, etc.:—fem. Λοκρίς, ίδος, Pi. P. 2.19; ἡ Λ. (sc. γῆ) Ar. Av. 152, etc.
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μέν . . , δέ . . (or when the correlative clause is neg., μέν . . , οὐδέ . . , Il. 1.318, 536), to mark opposition, Hom., etc.—The opposed clauses commonly stand together, but are freq. separated by clauses, parenthetic or explanatory; e.g. μέν in Il. 2.494 is answered by δέ in 511, 527 sq.; in X. An. 1.9.2, πρῶτον μέν is answered by ἐπεὶ δέ in § 6; in Id. Mem. 1.1.2, πρῶτον μέν is answered by θαυμαστὸν δέ in 1.2.1.
Oïleus, Locrian chief, father of Ajax the Less, Il. 2.527. (Orig. prob. ϝῑλεύς.)