Plato, Laws 704b

τόπῳ, προσθείη τὴν αὑτῶν φήμην καινῇ γενομένῃ τῇ πόλει— τόδε δὲ περὶ αὐτῆς ἐστιν ὃ βουλόμενος μᾶλλον ἐπερωτῶ, πότερον ἐπιθαλαττίδιος ἔσται τις ἢ χερσαία. σχεδόν, ὦ ξένε, ἀπέχει θαλάττης γε ἡ πόλις, ἧς πέρι τὰ νυνδὴ λεχθέντα ἡμῖν, εἴς τινας ὀγδοήκοντα σταδίους. τί δέ; λιμένες ἆρʼ εἰσὶν κατὰ ταῦτα αὐτῆς, ἢ τὸ παράπαν ἀλίμενος; εὐλίμενος μὲν οὖν ταύτῃ γε ὡς δυνατόν ἐστιν μάλιστα, ὦ ξένε.

on the new State. The point of my question about it is rather this,—is it to be an inland State, or situated on the sea-coast? The State which I mentioned just now, Stranger, lies about eighty stades, roughly speaking, from the sea. Well, has it harbors on the sea-board side, or is it quite without harbors? It has excellent harbors on that side, Stranger, none better.