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.)