[296] Dr. Schliemann has strung these in two sets, one of which, consisting of 4610 pieces, is represented as Cut No. 282. The other set, of 4090 pieces, is precisely similar. The small jewels described are shown in detail on [Plate XX]., No. 278.
[297] See [Plate XX]., at top.
[298] The subsequent analysis by M. Damour, of Lyon, has, however, shown the presence of tin in some of the articles of the Treasure, see Note C, p. 361.—[Ed.]
[299] Iliad, VII. 452-453.
[300] No. 5, on p. 24. (See Appendix.)
[301] These silver φιάλαι, as shown in the photographs, are too much battered to be worth engraving; but we give a very fine large silver vase, which was found in a room of the Palace.—[Ed.]
[302] Iliad, IV. 52.
[303] Nothing can be clearer than Homer’s own testimony on this point, when he invokes the Muses to inspire him with the knowledge of what he had only heard by report (Iliad, II. 484-487):—
Ἔσπετε νῦν μοι, Μοῦσαι Ὀλύμπια δώματ’ ἔχουσαι,—
Ὑμεῖς γὰρ θεαί ἐστε, πάρεστέ τε, ἴστε τε πάντα,
Ἡμεῖς δὲ κλέος οἶον ἀκούομεν, οὐδέ τι ἴδμεν—
Οἵ τινες ἡγεμόνες Δαναῶν καὶ κοίρανοι ἦσαν.
“Say now, ye Nine, who on Olympus dwell,
Muses—for ye are Goddesses, and ye
Were present, and know all things: we ourselves
But hear from Rumour’s voice, and nothing know—
Who were the chiefs and mighty lords of Greece.”—[Ed.]
[304] See No. 14 on the Plate of Idols, p. 36.