The Crittenden press., 1922-09-15

10 IL III ten minutes. AStoniSnlnRI ~
this all there was Of Troy, and did this
little stronghold withstand nine
years siege and still remain uncon-
quered by forcel Impossiblei The
whole Hill Of nlum may have been
fortified and to some extent populat-.
ed; otherwise how was the garrison
provlsionedi Unpoetic details Like
these never troubled Homer, 30 why
bother about them.
unearthed by eehllemann.
Every student knows Of the remark
able work Of SchlIemann in unear.hing
these ruins and establishing their
Identity as those Of the yeritable Troy
OF Homer; OF the lndefaugable zeal,
the determined search for the location,
the half-willing consent OF the Turkish
government and the financial and
physical obstacles to be overcome. But
the work did begin at last, and the
first walls TO appear beneath the spade
we're strange walls, not those de-
scribed by Homer. and the order was
TO dig deeper. sun further ruins Of
city after city were unearthed. till
Homers Troy. all that is left Of Il,
was laid bare.
Only the antiquarian can see the
Significance Of oil these things as he
scrambles up and down within and
among these dlsordered piles Of what
once was masonry; but even an unln-
formed tourist can see the dlfference
between the rubble walls Of a later
date and the worthler structures
which preceded them.
There are walls, too. which show the
marks Of a mighty confiagration. and
these, Il Il oplned. are the same
whence Aeneas
"Did from the flames Of Troy upon bis
shoulder
The old Anchises bear
on that last terrible night Of destruc-
ton. One lnstlnctiyely looks for the
zap In the wall through which the
wooden horse was introduced. but be
looks 10 vain. Earthnware cisterns
of some 20 gallons capacity. for hold.
ing oil or wine. we're built Into the
walls, while bits Of lrdeseent glass.
pieces Of pottery. cobblestones and
clay were tlled In around them.
Wall Of Pnsm sun stsnda
But there Is still left one precious
BIZ u Homrric architecture, II the
archacologis,s arr correct, raising its
crown as high as any OF the walls of
subsequent date. Il ls part Of a bas-
uon facing toward the HIN Of nium
and known as the wall OF Priam." II
was meant to stand throughout the
ages. whoever was It's builder. and
Que ardcntly wishes 10 give the credit
for It's construction to those timeA II
Is noble wall, well pointed. well
laid, well preserved. capable yet Of
withs,andihg such assaults aa when
Ajax strives some stones vas,
weight TO throw
From iu cVrner overlooking the
plain Of Slmols an outside stairway
dcsccnds toward the river. possibly Q
later feature. Could this have been the
corner of the wall where stood the
Scacan Gate: where the venerable
Father Pram brought the beautiful
ieisn In order 10 show her the ene-
iny. her ovn c0untrymsn and Kindred.
o. The plain below whsrp be polnted
cat the leaders. nsmlhg then lndlvid.
uallyt--and there IL Meaelaus. thy
former husband" Il may well have
bevn the same and romance al least
win have Il -.
Scattered about are bits Of sculp-
tured marble, the remains perhaps Of
Roman or Alenndrine occupation on
In the dreamy distance lies Tenedos-
sinister TenedoS not dlscenIble ex-
eept IN the eleaFest weather-and By
the shore near where the Dardanelles
meets the sea, whence Thetis might
AZ any moment arise. II q tumulus
known as the tomb q Achilles. and
nearby another. tlfe tomb Of Pstre-
clus.
The excavations st Troy have 70
vealed that no less than nine layers
exist upon which At vsriou, time. dur
inF the past 1900 years. human hsbl.
tations have been built