[34] But a second was found in the stratum above (see the Illustration, No. 35, at the end of the Introduction).
[35] The word by which Dr. Schliemann usually denotes these curious objects is carrousels, as a translation of fusaioli, the term applied by the Italian antiquaries to the similar objects found in the marshes about Modena. It is difficult to choose an English word, without assuming their use on the one hand, or not being specific enough on the other. Top and teetotum are objectionable on the former grounds, and wheel is objectionable on both. On the whole, whorl seems most convenient, and Dr. Schliemann gives his approval to this term. Their various shapes are shown in the Plates at the end of the volume. Those in the form of single cones, with flat bases, seem to be what Dr. Schliemann calls volcanoes (Vulkans), the hole representing the crater.—[Ed.]
[36] See p. 280.
[37] See the Plan of Greek Ilium ([Plan I].).
[38] See the Plan of Dr. Schliemann’s Researches. ([Plan II].).
[39] The double form of an outer and inner gate, and the use of πύλαι in the plural for a city gate, are both far too frequent to justify our founding an argument merely on the plural form of the Σκαίαι πύλαι.—[Ed.]
Νῦν δὲ δὴ Αἰνείαο βίη Τρώεσσιν ἀνάξει,
Καὶ παίδων παῖδες, τοί κεν μετόπισθε γένωνται.
“But o’er the Trojans shall Æneas reign,
And his sons’ sons, through ages yet unborn.”
This is the declaration of Poseidon to the gods, when Æneas was in peril of his life by the sword of Achilles. (But compare p. 182).—[Ed.]
[41] To this statement there are at least some exceptions. See the Analysis by M. Damour, of Lyon, at the end of the book.—[Ed.]