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198 TROY AND ITS REMAINS. [Chap. XI.
which I have made, 1017 yards from the southern city
wall. This, therefore, must necessarily be the sepulchral
mound of which Strabo writes; but he has evidently been
deceived in regard to its identity with the tumulus of
yEsyetes by Demetrius of Scepsis, who wished to prove
the situation of this mound to be in a straight line between
the Greek camp and the village of the Ilians ('IXieW kw/xi?),
and the latter to be the site of Troy. The tumulus of
iEsyetes was probably situated in the present village of
Kum-Ko'i, not far from the confluence of the Scamander
and the Simo'is, for the remains of an heroic tumulus several
feet in height are still to be seen there.
The mound now before me is in front of Troy, but
somewhat to the side of the Plain, and this position corre-
sponds perfectly with the statements which Homer gives us
of the position of the monument of Batiea or the Amazon
Myrina : " trpoirdpoide iroXtos " and " iv 7reSiw airavevve.
This tumulus is now called Pacha-Tepe.
We may form an idea of what a large population Ilium
possessed at the time of Lysimachus, among other signs,
from the enormous dimensions of the theatre which he
built; it is beside the Pergamus where I am digging, and its
stage is 197 feet in breadth.
The heat during the day, which is 320 Celsius (89/60
Fahrenheit), is not felt at all, owing to the constant wind,
and the nights are cool and refreshing.
Our greatest plague here, after the incessant and in-
tolerable hurricane, is from the immense numbers of insects
and vermin of all kinds ; we especially dread the scorpions
and the so-called tapavTOTroSia (literally " with forty feet "■—
a kind of centipede), which frequently fall down from the
ceiling of the rooms upon or beside us, and whose bite is
said to be fatal.
I cannot conclude without mentioning an exceedingly
remarkable person, Konstantinos Kolobos, the owner of a
shop in the village of Neo-Chorion in the Plain of Troy,
which I have made, 1017 yards from the southern city
wall. This, therefore, must necessarily be the sepulchral
mound of which Strabo writes; but he has evidently been
deceived in regard to its identity with the tumulus of
yEsyetes by Demetrius of Scepsis, who wished to prove
the situation of this mound to be in a straight line between
the Greek camp and the village of the Ilians ('IXieW kw/xi?),
and the latter to be the site of Troy. The tumulus of
iEsyetes was probably situated in the present village of
Kum-Ko'i, not far from the confluence of the Scamander
and the Simo'is, for the remains of an heroic tumulus several
feet in height are still to be seen there.
The mound now before me is in front of Troy, but
somewhat to the side of the Plain, and this position corre-
sponds perfectly with the statements which Homer gives us
of the position of the monument of Batiea or the Amazon
Myrina : " trpoirdpoide iroXtos " and " iv 7reSiw airavevve.
This tumulus is now called Pacha-Tepe.
We may form an idea of what a large population Ilium
possessed at the time of Lysimachus, among other signs,
from the enormous dimensions of the theatre which he
built; it is beside the Pergamus where I am digging, and its
stage is 197 feet in breadth.
The heat during the day, which is 320 Celsius (89/60
Fahrenheit), is not felt at all, owing to the constant wind,
and the nights are cool and refreshing.
Our greatest plague here, after the incessant and in-
tolerable hurricane, is from the immense numbers of insects
and vermin of all kinds ; we especially dread the scorpions
and the so-called tapavTOTroSia (literally " with forty feet "■—
a kind of centipede), which frequently fall down from the
ceiling of the rooms upon or beside us, and whose bite is
said to be fatal.
I cannot conclude without mentioning an exceedingly
remarkable person, Konstantinos Kolobos, the owner of a
shop in the village of Neo-Chorion in the Plain of Troy,