Chapter I: General Geography and Limits of Greece

Northern boundary of Greece—Olympus.—Scardus and Pindus—their
extension and dissemination through southern Greece and
Peloponnesus.—Ossa and Pelion—to the Cyclades.—Geological
features.—Irregularity of the Grecian waters—rivers dry in
summer.—Frequent marshes and lakes.—Subterranean course
of rivers, out of land-locked basins.—Difficulty of land
communication and transport in Greece.—Indentations in
the line of coast—universal accessibility by sea.—Sea
communication essential for the islands and colonies.—Views of
the ancient philosophers on the influence of maritime habits
and commerce.—Difference between the land-states and the
sea-states in Greece.—Effects of the configuration of Greece
upon the political relations of the inhabitants.—Effects upon
their intellectual development.—Limits of Greece.—Its chief
productions.—Climate—better and more healthy in ancient times
than it is now.—Great difference between one part of Greece and
another.—Epirots, Macedonians, etc.—Islands in the Ægean.—Greeks
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