γῆ θηρίοις μᾶλλον ἢ ἀνθρώποις σύμμετρος → region more fitting to beasts than men
pale: P. and V. ὠχρός.
horrible: P. and V. δεινός, φοβερός, φρικώδης, V. δυσθέατος, ἔμφοβος, δύσχιμος.