, 1880-12-25

llalstlN VI IG vi LIIH3E p1Hi.fA
cities. So. according 10 tue Attlc trn.! ltinn,
limited to The atnnll rock of tha Acropolls,
wlttse plateau IL Of oyal fnrIn: !t1 feet long
It syns much smaller still until ttnmr Ell
lnrgtrt ifby building the. wnll on Its eastern
tlccIisity. ANIL dwelling tlle slope within by
in.ltls Ut iGbris; According to ,Il!ncyditlcs,
like nla,l,lrr. Athens, Tebcs, Mycen!r, alld all
tftB other cities whose 1la.nes nrt Of tho plural
f0rln, wnre probably nt ilrst Unified 10 their
II ii" slneniiar; iii ths; sities havInr iwei,
enlarged, they RECEIVED the plural na'ne, tho
Citadel lplng tfen called AerGta!ls. aIHi TIE
lOwer town lntit. lfr anelens rolls or r. Assy
Ch!ef Or KInp, win; us family md drpcnd.
nnts, us well aa Of tho richer olnsscs Ut the
lcope; It WIS thu site ot tue ForA arQ the
tsnlp!es and tho g:!eral place s'f r.t;k: : y!
i IN Tic exteia,i ] sense s 't Of io itunn ss estc'o
Durh: also. rs l'rof. Vlrchow suggests tumc,
II tlie Slavisn garl7i1orft,M,s u. Bu1E.wsinij:
wa to t say when ws li'nl ihat, in tlle !erio'l q
the tncuitahutH Of Hume, thc Romans on the
oi, tie liili of tie Caplioi%' II Is, therefore,
not tue snnllncss Of tin third, t!!H burnt city
with the lIomrrle Troy. becatlsu lloner Is
not y historian, bltt MI epic poet"
Won:Ny lGAyS 1t for scholars 70 estimate
the value of tl!e eyplo5ers in,rs' ma to
hnye not settled. and whether the 4,issttn1!
itself, for wtllell solution is sol!El1t, y Of
rent racs Of not - III SeilIea @
III IL lis il book bk has ho!lestIy ind iianEly piytn
rlace tn HE dissenting opfnfans OF scientists
ind scholars .(pp. lsi-al0l. i Strabo IT, fn:-
leve'l, thsn Troy was rebuilt and rnle'i hy
In "Troy aud Its l!elnalns" III, considered!
the second city TO hive bccn the, 1liM,n nf
ll1n,cr. while lle how considers that It was
mint in tile text Which, being colltratI1ctsd
III the note. might he regarded MS surer'lu-
nls. In nlIothrr instance liz considers a
certain generally accepted translation of two
the Interpretation sloes not coincide with IBIS
avn theory Ut tuenIlty.--in which lla rather
beEs tllo wllole question. There Is also typ
oErnrhical hlnn!cr ?ii page ~. And tlle
jectetl phrase tnnr times from tfse top OF the
first column Of tie tjitlt pngp which has TO
| connection with the context. but these ire
| c0lhparatirely uMtnlrortnnt inatsGsS aliti no
tlon we bavs a!ren,ly Indicated, Nor ca,i we
ssntsnecs from 'iis prot: VissiIow's sss..y II
!e nppsn.i!x[ ?? "roy n,d a+ llisssrlIkn
IN iionI"r,s " ,lsstri,ninns 1l"u,cr's itI..n nf
lis sncr.s,l 1Iins IL v.rv IIfTar.I,t frotIl aiy
couccptiUn We cau forr, from the testimony
must. unti"r INV circumstances. be q iGtto,,
itself. It is possible that legend inay lIasc
preserved many tnpogrnpliiGn! particulars
nbDut the ahclent city Dltt, u ~ fiot % DC
mnganea ai an taeie sn ,,tntta ' ,aror;tIr ugtm n
nj tl1e civ or tbe ft,rtress M it existed before
| its destruction, Yet the correspond
cnce Of tie poetical representation with tic
!ocal co'1a'tohs " iar from a1ea',i hn in,el r.
iitacaTl,,. a:t,vi;na !" y, mnin iii n" t,n.
mnutts t'f tic ilon,crtc Topography. ;.
We must as!mts tic justice OF tho objection
tlat tl'is Hun wis no great cisy, cnpablc
o. mluang Ino'a ,;. ior EIe,'i MI MS ',,, VI
4Sttnn NJ tss avn. I fi,,r Him hur,iiy ffcscryrs
to hN called city ut All. 1t is Vucs.
t'0n ngaiM whether tltre ever was place
called Niill. ieEMaps lli!iin. illnml,, n!u1
,o"c tns y. u wv tnsn,nn tun5, r. ''u nn nl.rnl tx
" Rut # rnav niso M, tri,o lint il, ycry
remote prellistDrfc timo a rleh Prince really
tiwrlt hero III Il towering fortress, nnl TINT
tirGeE kinEs WaEeu l1cfce Maf agn'ns1 'litl|'
@ o i1 w, Mf ~ e9 9s ctv ~ x n intv cm,,' '
iIaernti0l,' ~. Tho |ItiEiortrcss OF, Ills
sarlIk il ccrtail to hold an enduring plnce rs
trustworthy Witness III tue history nt ciy.
!!Hat VII ~ ,hu Que siio,s nSsesi"ns ,i 4. ~.
sfnrti,ms.,n,,, f,r the tliithtS.,nf thrfr fnmry.
Tur It II 10 ite liopci( tNgt, lDwcvcr the strife
may Glld ailUut tllg existence Of llEutilo q
Ir'anI, tho young wlll never hose tha lthtd''
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