Plato, Laws 705c

τί δὲ δή; ναυπηγησίμης ὕλης ὁ τόπος ἡμῖν τῆς χώρας πῶς ἔχει; οὐκ ἔστιν οὔτε τις ἐλάτη λόγου ἀξία οὔτʼ αὖ πεύκη, κυπάριττός τε οὐ πολλή· πίτυν τʼ αὖ καὶ πλάτανον ὀλίγην ἂν εὕροι τις, οἷς δὴ πρὸς τὰ τῶν ἐντὸς τῶν πλοίων μέρη ἀναγκαῖον τοῖς ναυπηγοῖς χρῆσθαι ἑκάστοτε. καὶ ταῦτα οὐκ ἂν κακῶς ἔχοι τῇ χώρᾳ τῆς φύσεως. τί δή; μιμήσεις πονηρὰς μιμεῖσθαι τοὺς πολεμίους μὴ

Well, then, how is our district off for timber for ship-building? There is no fir to speak of, nor pine, and but little cypress; nor could one find much larch or plane, which shipwrights are always obliged to use for the interior fittings of ships. Those, two, are natural features which would not be bad for the country. Why so?