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Locrian may refer to:
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Locrians, an ancient Greek ethnic group
- Locrian Greek, ancient Greek dialect spoken by the Locrians
- Locris, the territory of the Locrians
In music:
- Locrian mode, a musical mode or diatonic scale
- Major Locrian scale, the scale obtained by sharpening the second and third degrees of the locrian mode
- Locrian sharp 2 or Half diminished scale, a musical scale commonly used in jazz and some rock
- Locrian (band), Chicago-based experimental music duo
Locrian is an experimental music/ drone rock band from Chicago, Illinois, United States formed in late 2005.
Usage examples of "locrian".
Singer was generally to be found, where there was an outcrop of rock to provide some shelter from the wind, in the open space between the Cretan, Locrian and Achaian encampments.
He was being solicited for an opinion as to who would live and who would die that morning: Stimon the Locrian or Opilmenos the Boeotian, due to fight a duel later on as champions of their respective tribes.
Both were acclaimed in equal measure for the promise of entertainment they offered, and the Boeotian smiled to hear the shouts but the Locrian remained as serious now as he had been among his own people.
Stimon the Locrian and Opilmenos the Boeotian, their bronze helmets and breastplates glittering in the sun, their speeches of defiance one to the other, the marvels of valour and dexterity both had displayed.
Cecropian land and Aulis inside of Euboea and the Opuntian cities of the Locrians, and gladly did ye step forth upon the beach of Pagasae.
He saw that the Boeotians and Locrians, whose representatives were to fight, had been placed as far apart as possible.
Nicias with his sixty ships coasted alongshore and ravaged the Locrian seaboard, and so returned home.
Many of the Locrian nobles who had been expelled by their opponents when the city was surrendered to Hannibal had retired to Regium and were living there at the time.