[81] Strabo, XIII. 1. 8; Arrian, I. 11.; Plutarch, Life of Alexander the Great, viii.
[82] See [Plan II]., of the Excavations.
[83] The various forms of the whorls are shown in the lithographed plates at the end of the volume.
[84] See [Plate IV]. View of the Northern part of the Plain of Troy.
[85] Homer, Iliad, II. 790-794:—
Ἀγχοῦ δ’ ἱσταμένη προσέφη πόδας ὠκέα Ἶρις·
Εἴσατο δὲ φθογγὴν υἷϊ Πριάμοιο Πολίτῃ,
Ὃς Τρώων σκοπὸς ἵζε, ποδωκείῃσι πεποιθὼς,
Τύμβῳ ἐπ’ ἀκροτάτῳ Αἰσυήταο γέροντος,
Δέγμενος ὁππότε ναῦφιν ἀφορμηθεῖεν Ἀχαιοί—
“Swift Iris stood amidst them, and the voice
Assuming of Polites, Priam’s son,
The Trojan scout, who, trusting to his speed,
Was posted on the summit of the mound
Of ancient Æsyetes, there to watch
Till from their ships the Grecian troops should march—”
[86] See [Plate V]., View of the South-eastern part of the Plain of Troy. The word “perpetual” (ewigem) in reference to the snow on Ida is omitted at the desire of the Author, who has ascertained that the summit is clear of snow in July and August.—[Ed.]
[87] The difference of temperature in the springs seems to have been disproved afterwards. (See [Chapter V]., p. 92.)—[Ed.]
[88] This work has now been done. See ‘Introduction,’ p. 51.
[89] The ‘Introduction’ has already shown how Dr. Schliemann changed his opinion as to the magnitude of Troy. Compare also [Chapter XXIII]. It is hard to see how the vague poetic language of the passage cited furnishes any data for the computation in the text.—[Ed.]