Locrus
In Greek mythology, the name Locrus /ˈlɒkrəs/ may refer to:
- Locrus son of Physcius and grandson of Amphictyon son of Deucalion, became by Cabya the father of another Locrus, the mythical ancestor of the Ozolian Locrians.[1] According to some the wife of the former Locrus was called Cambyse or Protogeneia.[2]
- Locrus was a son of Zeus and Maera, the daughter of the Argive king Proetus and Antaea. He is said to have assisted Zethus and Amphion in the building of Thebes.[3]
- Locrus, a son of Phaeax who emigrated to Italy where he married Laurina, the daughter of Latinus.
- Locrus was also a Parian statuary, of unknown date whose statue of Athena in the temple of Ares, at Athens, is mentioned by Pausanias.
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