New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-02

first tour of research Landing on the island OF
Ithaca early in July, he spent about week IN en-
deavoring to identify the localities of the Homer'c
narrative. HE own narrative by the by, ~ almost
Homeric In its terse, picturesque simplicity lie
seems TO have believed in advance. that he should
find all which he went TO seek, and he accordingly
finds them-the palace of Ulysses, the Grotto OF the
Nymphs, the home of the swineherd Eumaus, and
of the twelve stalls for swine in the neigh
borhood of the fountain Arethusa But this faith is
pardonable, when we consider the narrow limits OF
the island and the fact that there remain only one
grottO, one fountain. and one acrOpolis which SUIT
the conditions of the story. In Ithaca, where the
people have no traditional history except that OF
the Odyssey,-where in every family, at TINS day.
the first born daughter is always called Penelope,
the first con Odysseus and the second Teemachos,
Schhemann was hailed as a friend and benefactor.
The inhabitants of every village ocked together TO
hear him read Homer in return for which they
gratuitously entertained him with the best they
had. He thus describes his visit to Leuke, on the
northern end of the island:
Ii was noon when we reached the village and since
desired the valley OF POTS and its acropo
lie decided to make stay in Leuke. But the people
begged earnestly TO read passages from the
odyssey that was finally obliged to comply In order
to be heard by all, had table placed, az rostrum
Under plaDetree in The center OF the village ana then
read with loud voice 2Sd Book OF the Odyssey from
the opening to the 7th wherein 1t IL related how
the Queen Of Ithaca the best and of
recognizes her beloved spouse after twenty years Of
separation. Although had already read the passage
numberless times Away freshly moved whenever
perused IT, and the magnificent lines made the same
impression upon my auditors. All wept profusely, and
was obliged to weep with them After the reading
was finished they begged me to remain at least day
longer. but this not possible. ID y
Schliemann next visited COrinth, Mycena and Ar
Cos spent week in Athens, and then sailed for the
Dardanelles in order to explore the Troad. This
preliminary survey of his future field of labor was
made during ten of the hottest days of August
during which be thoroughly examined the plain of
Troy from the shore of the Hellespont at ts north
ern extremity to the site of Alexandria Troas on the
south and the base of Mount Ida on the east Most
psychologists had fixed upon the little Turkish ham
let Of Bounarbashi, some ten twelve miles from
the sea, as the.site Of Hum Vetum ancient Troy
and persisted IN considering the main stream-the
Turkish name of which, MeHdere, instantly suggests
Scamander'-to be the SmOis. They placed IHitm
NorgB, the later Greek city, mentioned by Strabo
and other authorities, at the point now called His
sGrLk ' the place of the Castle, broad plateau of
great hight, at the end OF one of the low ranges
of hills which stretch into the plain from the base of
Ida. This position is just three miles from the site
of the Greek camp at Slgeum. A glance at the out
line map send will make the topography of the
Troad easily ineligible. ] should explain that the
term Hum NOuun is not used by the ancient writer's
1t appears TO have been invention of the French
traveller Lcchevalier who visited the Troad in 1888
But il is a convenient designation for the later
Greek nium, and quote it in this sense.