. Mycenaean Troy, based on Dörpfeld's excavations in the sixth of the nine buried cities at Hissarlik. he picture of the Scamander imploring the Simois toaid against Achilles (*, 308 ff.), and supposes thatsuch a scene would be inapplicable to an independent{selhstiindiger) stream; that it is highly fitting thatthe Simois flow its sluggish and lazy course, remain-ing in the swamp till through the pressure of highwater it reaches the Scamander. Yet Rossmannsargument (quoted with favor by Heinrich) loses itsforce when we consider that in all probability thisportion of the Iliad belongs to the t
. Mycenaean Troy, based on Dörpfeld's excavations in the sixth of the nine buried cities at Hissarlik. he picture of the Scamander imploring the Simois toaid against Achilles (*, 308 ff.), and supposes thatsuch a scene would be inapplicable to an independent{selhstiindiger) stream; that it is highly fitting thatthe Simois flow its sluggish and lazy course, remain-ing in the swamp till through the pressure of highwater it reaches the Scamander. Yet Rossmannsargument (quoted with favor by Heinrich) loses itsforce when we consider that in all probability thisportion of the Iliad belongs to the third stratum ofthe poem. 4. Bunarbashi. To the old arguments identifying 1 Uud es scheint niclits dagegen zu spreclien, Heinrich. 2 Ueber die homerische Ebene ron Troja, Cf. Hein-rich, Troja bei Homer und in der Wirklichkeit. 30 JXYCEXAEAN TEOY theheights of Buuarbashi with steep aud windyTroy,^ Nikolaides, in the E4>T]ixcpU apxaioAoytKi;, 1894,adds a new one remarkably unique. From Grave IVon the acropolis of Mycenae, a grave which is theoldest of the shaft-tombs, was taken a silver vase. Siege Scene from Vase (Mycenae.) whereon was pictured a battle scene. The vase isshattered, but <jne large fragment and several smallerones are preserved. The engraving was obscured bya thick accretion of oxide; hence this most interestingrelic lay in the National Museum unnoticed. Kou-manoudes was the first to bring the scenes to light,and Tsountas to give them to the world in the Ecftrj/xc- See footnote on jiage 25. THE TEOAD 31 pts , 1891. A coatest before a walled cityis clearly seen. On the steep hillside rise the fortifi-cations, towering above which, like terraces, aresquares upon squares, which may represent the roofsand towers of the city. On the wall stand women,five in number, while the hand of a sixth is seen up-raised. They appeal wildly to the struggling war-riors to save the city. Immediately under the battle-ments are two figures, upright a
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