. The life and Epistles of St. Paul. Obv. Head of Pallas.—Rev. (Samothrace) Fig. 93.—Island of Samothrace. From Admiraltt/ Fig 95 —The viev 7vest lai d from tlefojeshore of tie Troa i Irom a sketch hij the author in the truthfulness of Homers descnption that the mountams of Samothrace, which are 5248 feet high, commandeda view of the plains of Troy. The island immediately in front is Imbros, and the mountain beyond in the centre of thepicture is Samothrace. some eight miles long and six miles broad, and from its lofty ridges might be seenthe battle-field of Troy
. The life and Epistles of St. Paul. Obv. Head of Pallas.—Rev. (Samothrace) Fig. 93.—Island of Samothrace. From Admiraltt/ Fig 95 —The viev 7vest lai d from tlefojeshore of tie Troa i Irom a sketch hij the author in the truthfulness of Homers descnption that the mountams of Samothrace, which are 5248 feet high, commandeda view of the plains of Troy. The island immediately in front is Imbros, and the mountain beyond in the centre of thepicture is Samothrace. some eight miles long and six miles broad, and from its lofty ridges might be seenthe battle-field of Troy :— iii^ov eV aKpordrqs Kopvcpfjs Sdfiov vXrjea-iTris Spr/iKtr/f, iuBfv yap (tfiaivfTO Tratra ;^ei/l6i;, tpalvtTO hi Ilpidfioio TroXir. Homei, II. v. 12. The lofty peaks of woody Samothrace,The eye can thence in shadowy plain where Simois and Scamander Priams town and Idas beetling brow. This passage is a remarkable instance ofthe geographical accuracy of Homer. Lookingat the charts, one would think it impossiblethat the plains of Troy should be seen fromSamothrace, as Imbros and the Rabbit Islandsl
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