Then, too, though she is not wholly sea-girt, all the winds of heaven bring
						to her the goods she needs and bear away her exports, as if she were an
						island; for she lies between two seas: and she has a vast land trade as
						well; for she is of the mainland. Further, on the borders of most states dwell barbarians who trouble them: but
						the neighbouring states of Athens are themselves remote from the barbarians.