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LELANTUS CAMPUS

LELANTUS CAMPUS (τὸ Λήλαντον πεδίον), a fertile plain in Euboea, between Chalcis and Eretria, which was an object of frequent contention between those cities. [CHALCIS] It was the subject of volcanic action. Strabo relates that on one occasion a torrent of hot mud issued from it ; and it contained some warm springs, which were used by the dictator Sulla. The plain was also celebrated for its vineyards ; and in it there were mines of copper and iron. (Strab. i. p.58, x. p. 447, seq.; Hon. Hymn. in Apoll. 219 ; Theogn. 888; Leake, Northern Greece, vol. ii. p. 265.) Pliny mentions a river Lelantus in Euboea, which must have flowed through this plain, if it really existed. (Plin. Nat. 4.12. s. 21.)

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, illustrated by numerous engravings on wood. William Smith, LLD. London. Walton and Maberly, Upper Gower Street and Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row; John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1854.

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