New-York tribune., 1884-01-25

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blood and speech"
No danbt the IDEAS generally entertained concern
inc t,c civilization of the Hoinerc period must DO
modi6od i'm important respects by Dr. Schiiehiahh
researches The Troans "a revealed py tncse
relics were very primitive people, In lacV 'n'
belonged to the neolithic the later stone age ii,
the combats described by Homer the weapons uSoo
must have often been of stone. Stone DattIe-"Ao'
are very common Some are Of Jade, some OF diorie'
The only metallic weapons possessed were oronho
lances swords daggers and aTrow-heads' no" 'no
ancents hardened their bronze for such .p"iPo'o"
remains to be ascertaned, but 1t is certain tna' M
did 50 harden it. 1t is also certain that 'io9 % M
the art of soldering gold and silver far more Skill
| fully than il is done at the present u"N' "'i o
modern jewellers initiate their work IN TINS respect
| Rut Hissarlik has done much to anachrohze '"
mans illustrations of Homer, and the artlS. oi Wv.
futpre will have 70 depict the heroes OF the iloJ"i
mar rather in the semblance of cave men thii WIN
| the fullv-developed bodies and heauS
| assumed for them. They had no lamps ~ .Iot
! Laws They used torches alone at night' "uu 'i"'
ono fact is a measure Of their progress III 00iiI
mann falls into one curious error III DISCUSSING ,o
ouestion of weapons. lie asserts, apparently VI 'H
authority of Helbig. that "swords appear 10 h"nT ave-
| been unknown to the Anglo-SaNohS' VIM ',,i'
rongbt at the battle of Hastings in 1906 A. De-
consisted of stone and attached to WOODEN
shofts~ This astonishing statement has prough'
Mr. Freeman the historian, to the trout anu ho
roves with characteristic wealth of illustratioh'
that the Anglo-SaXons possessed iron sWolus io"s
before the battle of Hastings and that ther II'era
ture and that of the Britons is full of illusions 10
the weapon. ,., 30
DIR. Schliemann excavated the tumnh known as
those of Achilles and Patrochus, and hXed Ihe s'o
| of the tnmulus of Antilochus In none Oh lheso
| monuments did he discover any traces OF human IT,
mains or of burial, and as TINS mas Deeh ms eA-
o;ance in every case of the kind he IS justified IN
! tbc conclusion that these tumul were SIMPLY ceno
tanbs In that of Protesilaos on the European side
of the Hellespont he found rich treasure oi
archaic pottery ornaments, etc, though the stupid
| s,en;cion of the Turkish Governor of the district
prevented him from pursuing his researches alter
tbo second dav. The results of his campaign OF
1850 are summed up in the following Words " l
havo found that i'm remote antiquity there was on
the paius of Troy large city, destroyed oi o 'S I"
fearful catastrophe which had on the hlli OF lSsai
! IN, only its Acropos, with its temples ana ic"
other large edfces whilst its lower city eN.ehueo
in an eastcrlv southerly and westerly d'rec'oh Oh
tI ito ,f the later lliun; and that, consequently,
! this city answers perfectly to the llomenc oe-
scrin,on of the site OF sacred llios. have iurther
once more brought to naugh tie pretenSions Oh tho
small elf, ON the Bali Dagh behind Bounaybash 70
II. the site of Troy inasluuch as have shown that
= helonqs 70 n mach later time, and that 1t cannot
he separated from the strongly fortified city on SAi
His,arlik which. at a distance OF ONLY le" nun
dred yards from il crowns lofty hill on the opPo-
.i,a hank of lie Scamlnder, having been sult
simultaneously with IT, and having been together
with if the kew to the road which leads through the
valley of the Sclmaudcr into Asia Minor
D.. tod
The siege Of Troy by DR.. ;chilemaun mas Ias'ol
fem years the precise period Of the original siege.
Hut il has resulted in well-earned fame Tor him ana
the CONSCIOUSNESS. of having done WORK which can
ucvcr be forgotten For it i not too soon TO say
that fine nroblem is solved. The comparative my til
oIo,rists may in a few instances be VeNed at the
overthrow of their pet theories, and some classical
scholars who are ignorant of archaeology may con-
t,nne to dispute the value of Dr. Schlemanns evil
dencA But Professor Sayce undoubtedly speaks
with authority when he says: "Io-day no trained
archaologist in Greece or Western Europe doubts
the main facts which DR.. Schemanns excavations
have establishes we can never agam return 10 the
ideas of ten years ago" He has IN TACT accom-
nished the work of his lfe and it is given to few
men TO achieve so decided n triumph. But 1t IS
worth pointing cut that be was cm;nently well
! euipned He knew what to look for and how to
| look He knew the value of everything the spade
turued up lie knew the people he employed, and
could speak their language He was hardy Of body
and could Withstand priyations. He was per
scyering and he had means. All these helps went to
assure his success and his victory is emphatlcally
an instance of survival of the iittest.
This volume contains aS an appendix an account
of a Journey through the Troad in 1881, and 1t Is
well illustrated Though furnished with plans OF
the Hissarlk excavations, however, the reader Is
ant 10 be confused by constant reference 10 the
plans contained in Hos The index l. very idll
and carefully arranged