Dialogue

 1 Criti|      gods agreed to divide the earth by lot in a friendly manner,
 2 Criti|         In the division of the earth Poseidon obtained as his
 3 Criti|   island he conveyed under the earth springs of water hot and
 4 Criti|       to the sea. The zones of earth were surrounded by walls
 5 Criti|      any degree to imitate the earth and its mountains, and the
 6 Criti|         the gods had the whole earth distributed among them by
 7 Criti|       in other places, but the earth has fallen away all round
 8 Criti|     Phelleus were full of rich earth, and there was abundance
 9 Criti|       which flows off the bare earth into the sea, but, having
10 Criti| excessive rain washed away the earth and laid bare the rock;
11 Criti|     they distributed the whole earth into portions differing
12 Criti|      of water from beneath the earth, one of warm water and the
13 Criti|     place, they dug out of the earth whatever was to be found
14 Criti| orichalcum, was dug out of the earth in many parts of the island,
15 Criti|    things there now are in the earth, whether roots, or herbage,
16 Criti|        With such blessings the earth freely furnished them; meanwhile
17 Criti|      brought the fruits of the earth in their season from all
18 Criti|     conveyed the fruits of the earth in ships, cutting transverse
19 Criti|     gathered the fruits of the earth—in winter having the benefit