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Zaleucus
(Encyclopedia)Zaleucus zəlo͞oˈkəs [key], fl. c.650 b.c., Greek lawgiver of Locris, in Italy. According to tradition, his was the earliest codification of Greek law. References to Zaleucus' code, which was widel...Locris
(Encyclopedia)Locris lōˈkrĭs [key], region of central Greece. The state was probably in existence before the arrival of the Phocians. The rise of Doris and Phocis split the original region into western and easte...Browse by Subject
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