Troy and Its Remains

Troy and Its Remains - A Narrative of Researches and Discoveries Made on the Site of Ilium and in the Trojan Plain

THE present book is a sort of Diary of my excavations at Troy, for all the memoirs of which it consists were, as the vividness of the descriptions will prove, written down by me on the spot while proceeding with my works.[32] If my memoirs now and then contain contradictions, I hope that these may be pardoned when it is considered that I have here revealed a new world for archology, that the objects which I have brought to light by thousands are of a kind hitherto never or but very rarely found, and that consequently everything appeared strange and mysterious to me. Hence I frequently ventured upon conjectures which I was obliged to give up on mature consideration, till I at last acquired a thorough insight, and could draw well-founded conclusions from many actual proofs. One of my greatest difficulties has been to make the enormous accumulation of dbris at Troy agree with chronology; and in thisin spite of long-searching and ponderingI have only partially succeeded. According to Herodotus (VII. 43): Xerxes in his march through the Troad, before invading Greece (B.C. 480) arrived at the Scamander and went up to Priams Pergamus, as he wished to see that citadel; and, after having seen it, and inquired into its past fortunes, he sacrificed 1000 oxen to the Ilian Athena, and the Magi poured libations to the manes of the heroes. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 45190
Author: Schliemann, Heinrich
Release Date: Mar 23, 2014
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Editor: Smith, Philip, 1817-1885

Translator: Schmitz, L. Dora