Opus, Greece
Opus Opuntian Locrians, and the territory, the Opuntian Locris.
It was located on the coast of mainland Greece opposite
Opuntian Gulf,[2][3] a little inland, being 15 stadia from the shore according to Strabo,[4] or only a mile according to Livy.[5] Opus was believed to be one of the most ancient towns in Greece. Pindar's ninth Olympian ode concerns Opus. It was said to have been founded by Opus, a son of Locrus and Protogeneia; and in its neighbourhood Deucalion and Pyrrha were reported to have resided.[6] It was the native city of Patroclus,[7] and it is mentioned in the Homeric Catalogue of Ships as one of the Locrian towns whose troops were led by Ajax the Lesser, son of Oileus the king of Locris, in the Iliad[1] There were games called Aiantea and an altar at Opus in honor of Ajax.[8]
During the flourishing period of Greek history, it was regarded as the chief city of the eastern Locrians, for the distinction between the Opuntii and Epicnemidii is not made either by
Ptolemy, the general of Antigonus.[15] In 198 BCE, during the Second Macedonian War they went over to the Romans
.
The site of Opus is near the modern town of Atalanti.[16][17]
See also
- List of ancient Greek cities
- Opuntia (Plant Genus named after the city of Opus)
References
- ^ a b Homer. Iliad. Vol. 2.531.
- ^ ὁ Ὀπούντιος κόλπος, Strabo. Geographica. Vol. ix. p.425. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- Latin: Opuntius Sinus, Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.7.12.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. ix. p.425. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- Ab urbe condita Libri[History of Rome]. Vol. 28.6.
- ^ Pindar, O. 9.62, 87; Schol. ad loc.
- ^ Homer. Iliad. Vol. 18.326.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. ix. p. 416. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.7.12.
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s. v. Ὀπόεις.
- ^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 7.203, 8.1.
- ^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 1.108.
- ^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 2.32.
- ^ Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotheca historica (Historical Library). Vol. 19.78.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Opus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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