[71] These are the vases so often mentioned as having the form of great champagne glasses (see the Cuts on see [p. 85], [158], [166], [171]). Dr. Schliemann also applies the name to the unique boat-shaped vessel of pure gold found in the Treasure.—[Ed.]
[72] If M. Burnouf meant this seriously at the time, it can now only stand as a curious coincidence, interesting as one example of the tentative process of this new enquiry. (See the Appendix.)—[Ed.]
[73] These indications of a fifth pre-Hellenic settlement, if confirmed by further investigation, would seem to point to the spread of the Lydians over western Asia Minor.—Ed.
[74] This date refers to Dr. Schliemann’s former opinion, that there were Byzantine remains at Hissarlik. He now places the final destruction of Ilium in the fourth century, on the evidence of the latest coins found there. See see [p. 318], [319].—Ed.
[75] Voyage de la Troade (3e éd. Paris, 1802).
[76] See [Plan I]., of Greek Ilium, at the end of the volume.
[77] See the Frontispiece.
[78] See [Plan II]., of the Excavations, at the end of the volume.
[79] The Turkish piaster is somewhat over twopence English.
[80] Herod. VII. 43.