After the fall of Sybaris, Croton became so populous that its walls encircled twelve miles.

Hither came Zeuxis, to adorn with paintings the great temple of Hera on the Lacinian promontory; here he made his picture of Helen, with models chosen from the loveliest maidens of the city.

I was light-hearted with curious anticipation as I entered the train for Cotrone.
While daylight lasted, the moving landscape held me attentive.

This part of the coast is more varied, more impressive, than between Taranto and Metaponto.

For the most part a shaggy wilderness, the ground lies in strangely broken undulations, much hidden with shrub and tangled boscage.