Ilios; the city and country of the TrojansThe results of researches and discoveries on the site of Troy and throughout the Troad in the years 1871-72-73-78-79, including an autobiography of the author . vKpr) 6, o pa oi 8cD/ce xpvcr€V AtppoHtTT]. 456 THE THIRD, THE BURNT CITY. [Chap. VII. temples, each of which consists of 50 double rings, and between every 4 ofthese rings is suspended an hexagonal leaf having a groove lengthwise :. No. 686. Another View of the same Diadem. these chains are joined to one another by four little cross chains. At theend of each of the side chains hangs a
Ilios; the city and country of the TrojansThe results of researches and discoveries on the site of Troy and throughout the Troad in the years 1871-72-73-78-79, including an autobiography of the author . vKpr) 6, o pa oi 8cD/ce xpvcr€V AtppoHtTT]. 456 THE THIRD, THE BURNT CITY. [Chap. VII. temples, each of which consists of 50 double rings, and between every 4 ofthese rings is suspended an hexagonal leaf having a groove lengthwise :. No. 686. Another View of the same Diadem. these chains are joined to one another by four little cross chains. At theend of each of the side chains hangs a figure similar in shape to theTrojan idols. Indeed, after having looked over the whole series of Trojanidols, no one can suppose that the primitive goldsmith could have intendedto represent here anything else but idols. The only difference betweenthese and the stone idols is that the eyes and the beak, instead of beingincised, are here given in relief, and that the latter reaches down to thebottom ; further that the knees (or feet ?) are indicated here, like the eyes,by protruding points, and that both eyes and knees are surrounded bycircles of small dots. Each idol is nearly an inch long ; their breadth atthe lower end is about 3-4ths in. The entire length of each of thesechains, with the idols, amounts to 10*4 in. Between these ornaments forthe temples there are 50 little pendant chains, each of which consists of 21double rings, a
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