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 n. ix. c. iv. 1, 2. LOCRIS. 125 CHAPTER IV. 1. LOCRIS, which we are now to describe, follows next in order. It is divided into two parts, one of which is occupied by the Locri opposite Euboea, and, as we have already said, form- erly consisted of two bodies, situated one on each side of Daphnus. The Locri Opuntii had their surname from Opus, 1 the capital ; the Epicnemidii from a mountain called Cnemis. 2 The rest are the Locri Hesperii, who are called also Locri Ozolze. These are separated from the Locri Opuntii and Epicnemidii by Parnassus, which lies between them, and by the Tetrapolis of the Dorians. We shall first speak of the Opuntii. 2. Immediately after Halae, where the Boeotian coast oppo- site Euboea terminates, is the Opuntian bay. Opus is the capital, as the inscription intimates, which is engraved on the first of the five pillars at Thermopylae, near the Polyandrium : 3 " Opoeis, the capital of the Locri, hides in its bosom those who died in defence of Greece against the Medes." It is distant from the sea about 15 stadia, and 60 from the naval arsenal. The arsenal is Cynus, 4 a promontory, which forms the boundary of the Opuntian bay. The latter is 40 stadia in extent. Between Opus and Cynus is a fertile plain, opposite to ^Edepsus in Euboea, where are the warm baths 5 of Hercules, and is separated by a strait of 160 stadia. Deucalion is said to have lived at Cynus. There also is shown the tomb of Pyrrha ; but that of Deucalion is at Athens. Cynus is distant from Mount Cnemis about 50 stadia. The island Atalanta 6 is opposite to Opus, having the 1 The ruins of Opus are indicated as existing between Talanti and the sea. 2 A portion of the ridge of (Eta, on the north-west of Talanti, now Chlomos. 3 A monument, or cenotaph, common to many persons. 4 The site is marked by a tower called Paleopyrgo, near the modern Lebanitis. 5 Mentioned by Athenaeus, b. iii. Hot springs were generally sacred to Hercules. 6 Diodorus Siculus asserts that it was separated from the continent by