Chalaeum or Chalaion ( grc, Χάλαιον) or Chaleion (Χάλειον) or Chaleos (Χαλεώς) was an ancient town on the coast of the

Locri Ozolae Ozolian Locris ( grc, Ὀζολία Λοκρίς) or Hesperian Locris ( grc, Λοκρίς Ἑσπερία, 3=Western Locris) was a region in Ancient Greece, inhabited by the Ozolian Locrians ( grc-gre, Ὀζολοὶ Λοκροί; la, Locri Ozoli ...

, near the borders of Phocis. Pliny the Elder erroneously calls it a town of Phocis. During the

Peloponnesian War The Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC) was an ancient Greek war fought between Athens and Sparta and their respective allies for the hegemony of the Greek world. The war remained undecided for a long time until the decisive intervention of th ...

, the town was one of several that were forced to provide hostages to the Lacedaemonian army in 426 BCE. Several inscriptions mentioning the town have been found. One of them refers to an agreement of ''

sympoliteia A ''sympoliteia'' ( gr, συμπολιτεία, , joint citizenship), anglicized as sympolity, was a type of treaty for political organization in ancient Greece. By the time of the Hellenistic period, it occurred in two forms. In mainland Greece, ...

'' signed with the bordering city of Tritaea, according to which the inhabitants of each of the towns could own or lease land in the neighboring one. Its site has been located near modern Galaxidi.

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Populated places in Ozolian Locris Former populated places in Greece {{OzolianLocris-geo-stub