 Indeed it would be scarcely irrational to maintain that the city of Athens lies at the navel, not of Hellas merely, but of the habitable world. So true is it, that the farther we remove from Athens the greater the extreme of heat or cold to be encountered;...  Classical Philology - Page 1911923Full view - About this book
 | Xenophon - 1892 - 502 pages
...Athens the greater the extreme of heat or cold to be encountered ; or to use another illustration, the traveller who desires to traverse the confines...by sea or by land, he is describing a circle, the centre of which is Athens.3 Once more, this land though not literally sea-girt has all the advantages... | |
 | American Society for Extension of University Teaching - 1903 - 304 pages
...Athens the greater the extreme of heat or cold to be encountered; or, to use another illustration, the traveller who desires to traverse the confines...by sea or by land, he is describing a circle, the centre of which is Athens." — Xenophon, Treatise on the Revenues. "We also know that the citizens... | |
 | George Willis Botsford, Ernest Gottlieb Sihler - 1915 - 780 pages
...Athens the greater the extreme of heat or cold to be encountered ; or to use another illustration, the traveller who desires to traverse the confines...by sea or by land, he is describing a circle, the centre of which is Athens. (7) Once more, this land though not literally seagirt has all the advantages... | |
 | American Society for the Extension of University Teaching - 1903 - 304 pages
...Athens the greater the extreme of heat or cold to be encountered; or, to use another illustration, the traveller who desires to traverse the confines...by sea or by land, he is describing a circle, the centre of which is Athens." — Xenophon, Treatise on the Revenues. "We also know that the citizens... | |
 | Humfrey Michell - 1957 - 436 pages
...and winds. No better description of these advantages can be found than in the panegyric of Xenophon.4 "The traveller who desires to traverse the confines of Hellas from end to end, whether he travels by land or sea, will find that he is describing a circle, the centre of which is... | |
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