[4128] Now called the Mendereh-Chai.
[4129] On the north-west promontory of Troas. Here Homer places the Grecian fleet and camp during the Trojan war. The promontory is now called Yenisheri.
[4130] Now called Jeni-Scher, according to Ansart. It was at this spot that the Greeks landed in their expedition against Troy.
[4131] Usually identified with the Mendereh-Chai or Scamander.
[4132] The modern Gumbrek.
[4133] Or “ancient Scamander.”
[4134] Now known as the Koja-Chai; memorable as the scene of the three great victories by which Alexander the Great overthrew the Persian empire, B.C. 334. Here also a victory was gained by Lucullus over Mithridates, B.C. 73.
[4135] Or Sea of Marmora.
[4136] It is not exactly known whether New Ilium was built on the same site as the Ilium or Troy which had been destroyed by the Greeks; but it has been considered improbable that the exploits mentioned in the Iliad should have happened in so short a space as that lying between the later Ilium and the coast. The site of New Ilium is generally considered to be the spot covered with ruins, now called Kissarlik, between the villages called Kum-kioi, Kalli-fath, and Tchiblak.
[4137] The Dictator Sylla showed especial favour to Ilium.