The
Locrians (,
Locri) were an ancient
Greek tribe that inhabited the region of
Locris in
Central Greece, around
Parnassus. They spoke the
Locrian dialect, a
Doric-Northwest dialect, and were closely related to their neighbouring tribes, the
Phocians and the
Dorians. They were divided into two geographically distinct tribes, the western Ozolians and the eastern Opuntians; their primary towns were
Amphissa and
Opus respectively, and their most important colony was the city of
Epizephyrian Locris in
Magna Graecia, which still bears the name "Locri". Among others,
Ajax the Lesser and
Patroclus were the most famous Locrian heroes, both distinguished in the
Trojan War;
Zaleucus from Epizephyrian Locris devised the first written Greek law code, the Locrian code.
