ABSTRACT
NATURE had endowed Greece with varied advantages and resources, but these resources, to be converted into wealth, demanded a continuous effort. Compared with the great regions where life was easy, Egypt or Mesopotamia, Greece was like a disinherited country. “ Greece,” says Herodotos, “always has poverty for a mate.” 1 But the Hellenes were hard-working and active. “ Their affairs never thrive better than when they are compelled to get everything from themselves and their industry.” 2 Let us, then, see what man made of natural resources in Greece.
