Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-04-18

iliOlA gwen tutiu bE tue lCdNN VI
Sevres. an expedition which recalls
the memorable crossing OF this PEG.
pie 5000 years ago. the subsequent
siege OF Troy. and the story OF the
wanderings OF Aeneas, the historic
founder Of the early Roman races
About an hour from the sea, near
the Dardanelles. the ruins Of the
ancient city Of Troy stand upon an
eminence looking out over the
plains where her immortal sons fell
in her defense. At its foot the Sea.
mander winds to the sea. says 4
bulletin from the Washington, u.
G.. headquarters Of the National
Geographical Society.
Excavations on the site have re.
yealed nine cities, built one upon
the top of the other in times past.
The sixth from the bottom Of these
is the Troy of which Homer and
Virgil sang Today there stands
little to tell OF the. might of the
former Priam and Paris aud the
splendor which the beautiful Helen
caused to be tumbled into dust.
Wall OF Great Siege Still DIsccrni.
Bile.
"There is long, low ridge some
f0ur or five miles in length which
ends in promontory, where the
city Itself was located The great
wall which withstood the siege of
the Greeks for nine years can still
be traced almost in its entirety. A
fine tower. containing large well
and a postern gate, stands at the
northeast corner
Five miles off the coast lies the
little island OF Tenedoe where the
Greeks hid, awaiting the time when
the wooden horse should make his
way through the city walls. Today
the windmills OF its busy 1000 peo-
pie whirl merrily over its sixteen
square miles Of territory.
after the exile had slipped away
about 80 miles to the southeast OF
the plain of Troy and had built his
his little fleet under the shadow OF
Ida Mountains, he set sail with his
followers to Thrace-the same
Thrace with which mighty Athens
made an alliance in the fifth cen
turv 3. e, which later fell into the
hands of Philip of Macedon, and
which az a result OF the World War
has been added to the territory UNI
der the suzerainty OF the King OF
Greece. Here he founded the city
of l,nOs, which even now commands
TIE harbor In the Gulf OF Enos at
the mouth of the Martha River,
Again driven to seek a homo the
wande-er looked on Delos. Though
today this smallest island Of the
Cyclades is desolated and in ruins,
scarcely ore stone upon another, le-
eends and history which cling to
it will always be fascinating. The
waters in its one remaining fountain
and The brilliant and unusual col.
lection Of flowers whisper to us
that Jupiter once fastened this
floating bit Of earth TO the sea bot
TOM with huge chains in order that
it might become the birthplace OF
his son Apollo. To give credence
to tho story you can find on the
island the sacred lake. and exca-
yatons have revealed the theatre,
and the early temple OF Apollo
Thence Aeneas iourneyed to
Crete the fourth largest island in
the Mediterranean. Today two
thirds of the island ia stony waste,
its famous forests OF cedars and
Expresses having long been desc
lated, a little fertile land existing at
the foot OF Mount Ida on which arc
grown olives and currants. Canea,
the capital town OF nearly $4,000,
with low white-washed houses hugs
the harbor. But rich Is the island
in ruins, and its museum houses
relics Of a day five thousand years
ago when the ladies OF Crete dis
ported themselves in high heel
shoes. big hats, corsets and styles
that today would be called Partisan
and when tine houses Of the inhabi-
tants had methods OF sanitation that
compare favorably with ours or h'ty
years ago.
Town Of Acneas and Caesar.
At the mercy OF the whim OF the
sads, the wanderers again must set
forth and this time the Strophades
;Wo loW-lying islets, today the seat
OF small Greek monastery which
gets its supplies from Zante. claim
ell them. Skirting the islands on
the west coast OF Greece they came
10 Aotium, town OF the promon.
tory OF Aotium, near the entrance
to the Gulf OF Ambraoia. Here per
haps, thousand years after the
visit OF Aeneas, Octayius Caesar de-
feated the combined fleets OF An.
tony and Cleopatra.
North then thay journeyed to
Epirus which for long time was
a part OF Turkey in Europe. Now
this portion Of Ancient Greece is
hack under the sheltering wing of
the mother kingdom. The town then
existing as Buthfotus, now is Blu
trnto on the coast Immediately OPP
posite the island OF Corfu, and lies
in the region which is yet in dis
pute between Albania and Greece.
An Early Eruption OF Aetna.
The modern town OF Kyme, near
the site of the ancient Cumae, their
next stopping place, before the
World War had an extensive trade
with southern Russia. Then past
Mount Aetna the exiles went, and
the mighty volcano, which within
our own lifetime has shaken the
earth beneath its feet with its rum
blings and has clouded the air with