Plato, Laws 704c

παπαί, οἷον λέγεις. τί δὲ περὶ αὐτὴν ἡ χώρα; πότερα πάμφορος ἢ καί τινων ἐπιδεής; σχεδὸν οὐδενὸς ἐπιδεής. γείτων δὲ αὐτῆς πόλις ἆρʼ ἔσται τις πλησίον; οὐ πάνυ, διὸ καὶ κατοικίζεται· παλαιὰ γάρ τις ἐξοίκησις ἐν τῷ τόπῳ γενομένη τὴν χώραν ταύτην ἔρημον ἀπείργασται χρόνον ἀμήχανον ὅσον. τί δὲ πεδίων τε καὶ ὀρῶν καὶ ὕλης; πῶς μέρος ἑκάστων ἡμῖν εἴληχεν; προσέοικε τῇ τῆς ἄλλης Κρήτης φύσει ὅλῃ.

Dear me! how unfortunate! But what of the surrounding country? Is it productive in all respects, or deficient in some products? There is practically nothing that it is deficient in. Will there be any State bordering close on it? None at all, and that is the reason for settling it. Owing to emigration from this district long ago, the country has lain desolate for ever so long. How about plains, mountains and forests? What extent of each of these does it contain?