. Mycenaean Troy, based on Dörpfeld's excavations in the sixth of the nine buried cities at Hissarlik. nd into the circle of coun-tries inhaliited by the ^ The genuine Mycenaean citadel, Gha, on Lake Co-pais, is quite similar in construction to Tiryns whichwas originally surrounded by swamps. It stands inclosest relation to the draining of Lake Copais by theMinyans, who converted the whole region into a fruit-ful and cultivated soil. In this Cyclopean structuresome archaeologists recognize the Homeric Arne,mentioned in the Catalogue of the Ships (B, 507). Onlyquite recently has an En
. Mycenaean Troy, based on Dörpfeld's excavations in the sixth of the nine buried cities at Hissarlik. nd into the circle of coun-tries inhaliited by the ^ The genuine Mycenaean citadel, Gha, on Lake Co-pais, is quite similar in construction to Tiryns whichwas originally surrounded by swamps. It stands inclosest relation to the draining of Lake Copais by theMinyans, who converted the whole region into a fruit-ful and cultivated soil. In this Cyclopean structuresome archaeologists recognize the Homeric Arne,mentioned in the Catalogue of the Ships (B, 507). Onlyquite recently has an English stock company com-pleted the work, begun l)y the French, of drainingthe lake. The results show the great system of drain-age of this Minyan citadel. These ancient peopleturned the water of the lake, by means of three greatstone canals which are partly preser-\ed, into the Illiis luis already been noted by Perrot, Journal des Sa-vaiUs, 1893, p. 444. 2 Of. Evans, op. cit., pp. 370 ff. 3Cf. F. Noack, Mitth. Atli., 1894, pp. 405-485; Tsountas andManatt, The Mycenean Age, Apj^endix B, pp. (102) THE MYCENAEAN AGE AND HOMERIC POEMS 103 natural conduits existing in the northeast. Such awork could not have been executed save by a peoplewho had thousands of slaves under their line of Mycenaean fortifications on the northeastguarded the outlets, since any obstruction would havebeen disastrous. There can be no doubt that the possessors of theMycenaean culture were a seafaring people. This isshown by the prominent place given to marine plantsand animals in Mycenaean ornamentation. The dis-coveries on the islands and coast of the eastern Medi-terranean Sea have widely extended our view of My-cenaean civilization. This influence, as we have seen,spread to Troy, while in Crete have been found notonly remarkable ruins of palaces and beehive tombs,but also bronze weapons, false-necked jars, stonevessels, intaglios, and other objects in great al^un-dance. Mycenaean po
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