 | William Martin Leake - 1830 - 620 pągines
...spring barley6, which they have not in the plain. The soil of the plain is described to me, as being in general a poor mixture of white clay and stones,...difficult to plough, and better suited to olives than corn ; and such it appeared to me, except near Mistra and on the banks of the Eurotas. Thus it answers... | |
 | 1839 - 518 pągines
...the summits of Tavgetus are still wrapped in snow. Colonel Leake describes the soil of Laconica as ' in general a poor mixture of white clay and stones,...difficult to plough, and better suited to olives than corn' (litorea, i. 148). This description is in conformity to that of Euripides, who says that ' it... | |
 | 1839 - 1000 pągines
...the summits of Taygetus are still wrapped in snow. Colonel Leake describes the soil of Laconica as ' in general a poor mixture of white clay and stones,...difficult to plough, and better suited to olives than corn ' (Morea, i. 148). Thii description is in conformity to that of Euripides, who says that ' it... | |
 | 1839 - 518 pągines
...the summits of Taygetus are still wrapped in snow. Colonel Leake describes the soil of Laconica as ' in general a poor mixture of white clay and stones,...difficult to plough, and better suited to olives than corn' (Morea, i. 148). This description is in conformity to that of Euripides, who says that ' it possesses... | |
 | 1842 - 538 pągines
...in existence: no traces of r/hem are visible now. The soil of the plain in which Sparta is situated is in general a poor mixture of white clay and stones, difficult to plough, and better adapted for olives than corn ; exactly agreeing in this respect with the words of Euripides (Strab.,... | |
 | Charles Anthon - 1850 - 790 pągines
...streams on the eastern slope of this mountain range are abundant. Leake describes the soil of Laconia as in general a poor mixture of white clay and stones,...difficult to plough, and better suited to olives than corn. This description is in conformity to that of Euripides, who says that it possessed much arable... | |
 | Charles Anthon - 1852 - 468 pągines
...considerable breadth, through which the Eurotas flows to the sea. IV. Leake describes the soil of Laconia as in general a poor mixture of white clay and stones,...difficult to plough, and better suited to olives than corn. This description is in conformity to that of Euripides, who says that it possessed much arable... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1867 - 556 pągines
...the summits of Taygetus are still wrapped in snow. Colonel Leake describes the soil of Laconica as " in general a poor mixture of white clay and stones,...difficult to plough, and better suited to olives than corn " (' Morea,' i. 148). This description is in conformity to that of Euripides, who says that "... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1867 - 556 pągines
...the summits of Taygetus are still wrapped in snow. Colonel Leake describes the soil of Lacónica as " in general a poor mixture of white clay and stones, difficult to plough, and better j suited to olives than corn " (' Morea," i. 148). This description is in conformity to that of Euripides,... | |
 | William Smith - 1873 - 1420 pągines
...Laconia as a poor land, in which there is a large tract of arable, but of laborious tillage (ap. Strab. viii. p. 366). This is in accordance with the account...difficult to plough, and better suited to olives than corn. (3/oreo, vol. ip 148.) The rale, however, possesses a genial climate, being sheltered on every... | |
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This description is in conformity to that of Euripides, who says that " it possesses much arable land, but difficult to work 