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[6] Now that Dionysius had failed of this design, he dispatched his ambassadors for the same purpose to the people of the Locrians.1 When they voted to approve the marriage connection, Dionysius sued for the hand of Doris, the daughter of Xenetus, who at that time was their most esteemed citizen.

1 The Epizephyrian Locrians in the "toe" of Italy.

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