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In the Iliad , Homer mentions Opus as one of the Locrian cities whose troops were lead by Ajax The Lesser , son of Oileus the king of Locris (Homer, ''Iliad'', 2.525-530). Pindar 's ninth Olympian ode, concerns Opus. Opus fought on the Greek side at Thermopylae , but surrendered, joining the Persians, and on the Spartan side during the Peloponnesian War . In 198 BC , during the Second Macedonian War they went over to the Romans .