Alope () was a town of

Opuntian Locris Opuntian Locris or Eastern Locris was an ancient Greece, ancient Greek region inhabited by the eastern division of the Locrians, the so-called tribe of the Locri Epicnemidii () or Locri Opuntii (Greek: ). Geography Opuntian Locris consisted of ...

on the coast between Daphnus (modern Agios Konstantinos) and Cynus (modern

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). Its ruins have been discovered by

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on an isolated hill near the shore in the modern village of Melidoni, Phthiotis (Greek: Μελιδόνι Φθιώτιδας).

History

Concerning the history of the city, the Locrians were defeated by the

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under Kleopompos in 431 BCE nearby, and the city was taken. It suffered greatly from the terrible earthquake of 426 BCE, according to Demetrius Callatianus quoted by

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References

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