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CONTENTS.
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expedients—Georgios Photidas—Extent of the Pergamus of Troy —
Poisonous snakes, and the snake-weed—The whorls with the central
sun, stars, the suastika, the Soma, or Tree of Life, and sacrificial altars
— The name of Mount Ida, probably brought from Bactria Page 107
CHAPTER VIII.
On the Hill of Hissarlik, May nt/i, 1872.
Hindrances through Greek festivals — Thickness of the layers of debris
above the native rock—Date of the foundation of Troy— Impossibility
of the Bunarbashi theory—Homeric epithets suitable to Hissarlik —
Etymology of "IXios, signifying probably the " fortress of the Sun " — The
Aruna of the Egyptian records — Progress of the platform, and corre-
sponding excavation on the south -7- The bulwark of Lysimachus —
Ruins of great buildings — Marks of civilization increasing with the
depth — Vases, and fragments of great urns — A remarkable terra-cotta
— A whorl with the appearance of an inscription .. .. .. 122
CHAPTER IX.
On the Hill of Hissarlik, May 2yd, 1872.
Superstition of the Greeks about saints' days — Further engineering works
— Narrow escape of six men — Ancient building on the western terrace—
The ruins under this house — Old Trojan mode of building— Continued
marks of higher civilization — Terra-cottas engraved with Aryan symbols :
antelopes, a man in the attitude of prayer, naming altars, hares — The
symbol of the moon—-Solar emblems, and rotating wheels — Remarks
on former supposed inscriptions — Stone moulds for casting weapons
and implements — Absence of cellars, and use of colossal jars in their
stead — The quarry used for the Trojan buildings — " Un Mddecin malgre
lui." — Blood-letting priest-doctors—Efficacy of sea-baths— Ingratitude
of the peasants cured — Increasing heat .. .. .. .. 131
CHAPTER X.
On the Hill of Hissarlik, June \%th, 1872.
A third platform dug — Traces of former excavations by the Turks — Block
of triglyphs, with' bas-relief of Apollo — Fall of an earth-wall — Plan of
a trench through the whole hill — Admirable remains in the lowest
stratum but one — The plain and engraved whorls — Objects of gold,
silver, copper, and ivory — Remarkable terra-cottas — The pottery of the
lowest stratum quite distinct from that of the next above — Its resem-
blance to the Etruscan, in quality only — Curious funereal urns — Skeleton
of a six months' embryo — Other remains in the lowest stratum — Idols
of fine marble, the sole exception to the superior workmanship of this
stratum — The houses and palaces of the lowest stratum, of large stones
joined with earth — Disappearance of the first people with the destruction
of their town.
The second settlers, of a different civilization — Their buildings of unburnt
brick on stone foundations — These bricks burnt by the great confla-
gration — Destruction of the walls of the former settlers — Live toads
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expedients—Georgios Photidas—Extent of the Pergamus of Troy —
Poisonous snakes, and the snake-weed—The whorls with the central
sun, stars, the suastika, the Soma, or Tree of Life, and sacrificial altars
— The name of Mount Ida, probably brought from Bactria Page 107
CHAPTER VIII.
On the Hill of Hissarlik, May nt/i, 1872.
Hindrances through Greek festivals — Thickness of the layers of debris
above the native rock—Date of the foundation of Troy— Impossibility
of the Bunarbashi theory—Homeric epithets suitable to Hissarlik —
Etymology of "IXios, signifying probably the " fortress of the Sun " — The
Aruna of the Egyptian records — Progress of the platform, and corre-
sponding excavation on the south -7- The bulwark of Lysimachus —
Ruins of great buildings — Marks of civilization increasing with the
depth — Vases, and fragments of great urns — A remarkable terra-cotta
— A whorl with the appearance of an inscription .. .. .. 122
CHAPTER IX.
On the Hill of Hissarlik, May 2yd, 1872.
Superstition of the Greeks about saints' days — Further engineering works
— Narrow escape of six men — Ancient building on the western terrace—
The ruins under this house — Old Trojan mode of building— Continued
marks of higher civilization — Terra-cottas engraved with Aryan symbols :
antelopes, a man in the attitude of prayer, naming altars, hares — The
symbol of the moon—-Solar emblems, and rotating wheels — Remarks
on former supposed inscriptions — Stone moulds for casting weapons
and implements — Absence of cellars, and use of colossal jars in their
stead — The quarry used for the Trojan buildings — " Un Mddecin malgre
lui." — Blood-letting priest-doctors—Efficacy of sea-baths— Ingratitude
of the peasants cured — Increasing heat .. .. .. .. 131
CHAPTER X.
On the Hill of Hissarlik, June \%th, 1872.
A third platform dug — Traces of former excavations by the Turks — Block
of triglyphs, with' bas-relief of Apollo — Fall of an earth-wall — Plan of
a trench through the whole hill — Admirable remains in the lowest
stratum but one — The plain and engraved whorls — Objects of gold,
silver, copper, and ivory — Remarkable terra-cottas — The pottery of the
lowest stratum quite distinct from that of the next above — Its resem-
blance to the Etruscan, in quality only — Curious funereal urns — Skeleton
of a six months' embryo — Other remains in the lowest stratum — Idols
of fine marble, the sole exception to the superior workmanship of this
stratum — The houses and palaces of the lowest stratum, of large stones
joined with earth — Disappearance of the first people with the destruction
of their town.
The second settlers, of a different civilization — Their buildings of unburnt
brick on stone foundations — These bricks burnt by the great confla-
gration — Destruction of the walls of the former settlers — Live toads