, 1874-07-07
gCHLIEMANN'H TROY.

ScHLIEMANN'B TROY.
A writer in recent number OF the C0r7lhtN
Magazine ridiculod tho idoa that DR.. schlemann
had discovered tho site Of Auofont Troy. 10
said that Schliomann did not possess any archm-
ological talent, and that he did not discover the
rcmans Of Troy at Hssarlik for tho very simple
roaaon TINT tho nte Of old Troy had been alreadJ
discovered at Boumahnahi. Gladstone, who Is, at
teaat, as good Homorio scholar az he isa atatoa-
man, in an article on uomer's place in history
published In the Juno number Of the Contempo-
rary Reoieio tnkoH different view OF the results
Of DR.. schliemann's excavations 1he writer
of = worry ablo article in tho Quar-
:erly Recieso (No. 272) had, before Gladstone
wrote his, considered it as proved beyond q
doubt, by DR.. schI,omann's reHoarchoa. that &
prehistoric city existed on the small hill Of
Hissarllk in the Troad, "a real Troy with certain
marks Of probability. The points Of agrooueut
between the excavations and tho poems are tho
following: Tile excavations Of Schiiemanu pre-
sent to us, in the city they ungeil, the handi-
work Of great primitive builders. 80, says Glad
stone, do tho poems Of Homer. The walls Of
Troy were the work Of poBeidon. The great
building race Of prohlstorio timos arc thus
brought in relation to Troy. The excavations
show that copper was the staple mn
torial Of which tho implements, utensils.
and weapons Of tho unearthod city, 30 fur as
they were motaliic, were made. And 40 they arc
in the poems of Homer. Tile excavations prove
that there waa abundance Of copper In the dis
covered city, and that bronco was occasionally
used. So, Gladstone thinks, do tho poems.
The two head-drosees, or ornaments OF puro
gold, found in tue. excavations, Gladstone
thinks, ofler an entirely satisfactory oxplana-
tion Of tho.twned or plaitel tllet Of gold which
was part Of the head-dross OF Andromacho, torn
Schlicmann discovered six obloug plates,
which he eupposes to be the taiansa
OF Honor. They range in weight from I'll to
100 grammos; Oh an average about ounces.
Those platcH, Gladstone saye, might havc beon
uRod for payments or for making presents, or US
accumulated wealth, ind in tho manufacture Of
rare and valuable objects for great and royal
households. In tho poems Of Homer tho uRo
of sucl metas Is spoken OF throughout in such
connections. Another point OF correspondence
nbsonce from both of statues Of the goda. In
she poems, objects Of fino art generally arc i'm
ported into Grooco. Tho ornamental objects
found by ScIliemann arc most probably
not tho productions OF tho same people,
whose msthetic ability was consumed in scratching
caricatures OF oyes and nosoB on tloir oarthen-
ware. Writing is but onco mentioned in tho
poems. Tho inscriptions found IN the Troic
leyol evidence a condition OF affairs IN which
TINT art waa othor entirely unknown or only in
its infancy. Iron has not boen found in the OK
cayationa. and in tho poemH It ia very rarc. At
uissarliA thore arc no tracoa Of painted pottery.
Neithor is thore mention Of it in tile poouas.
Tho larger works OF art moutionod in the poems
arc OF silver, not Of gold; aud 6oAliomann
found yaso Of silvor, but no large vessel Of
gold. According to tie Ilial, schlomann thinks
that Troy should havo lad a population Of
5000 Inhabitants. The amallness Of lis dis
covered Troy disappoints him, limited, "a he
thinks 1t is, to space Of EGO yarda. Dut Glad
etono shows That Troy was anything but large,
well-buit, or broad-wayed; and TINT the poems
and tho excavations fortifY each other, 40 far NJ
the lattor 90.
It would indeed seem az IL scllienlann had dis
covorod tho Ancient Troy. Gladstone Is in
| olinsd to think so. aud scarcely any man living
| is more competont 10 judge.