Mŏloss i

, a people of Epirus, who inhabited that part of the country which was called Molo i a , or Molo is from king Molo us. This country had the bay of Ambracia on the south, and the country of the Perrhæbeans on the east. The dogs of the place were famous, and received the name of Molo i among the Romans. Dodona was the capital of the country according to some writers. Others, however, reckon it as the chief city of Thesp roti a. Lucretius , bk. 5 , lis. 10, 62.— Lucan , bk. 4 , li. 440 .— Strabo , bk. 7 .— Livy. — Justin , bk. 7 , ch. 6 .— Cornel i us Nepos , bk. 2 , ch. 8 .— Virgil , Georgics , bk. 3 , li. 495 .— Horace , bk. 2 , satire 6, li. 114 .