. Mycenaean Troy, based on Dörpfeld's excavations in the sixth of the nine buried cities at Hissarlik. eme west corner of the plain. Con-sider the situation: the distance of the Scamanderfrom Hissarlik; its outlet, near Sigeum, to the ex-treme west; the Greek fleet along the Hellespont, and,accordingly, on the right bank of the ri^er. NowHomers picture puts the Greeks on the opposite represents the Scamander of Homer as flow-ing its present course. ^ In doing tliis he is compelledto give a forced interpretation of O, 692, a wrong ex-planation of A, 498, and $, 1 S.^ These difiicul
. Mycenaean Troy, based on Dörpfeld's excavations in the sixth of the nine buried cities at Hissarlik. eme west corner of the plain. Con-sider the situation: the distance of the Scamanderfrom Hissarlik; its outlet, near Sigeum, to the ex-treme west; the Greek fleet along the Hellespont, and,accordingly, on the right bank of the ri^er. NowHomers picture puts the Greeks on the opposite represents the Scamander of Homer as flow-ing its present course. ^ In doing tliis he is compelledto give a forced interpretation of O, 692, a wrong ex-planation of A, 498, and $, 1 S.^ These difiicultieshave induced many to believe that the poet had noacquaintance with the Troad. He puts the Greekhost along the Hellespont; again he represents them 1 Griechische Geschichte, 1893. ^S, 433, and IT, 395 ff., are ignored by him. Cf. Heinrich,Troja bei Homer und in der Wirklichkeit, 1895. THE TROAD 27 on the left of the Scamander. Priam has to ford theriver to visit the tent of Achilles. Surely there is noroom along the Hellespont between the mouth of thepresent Scamander and the sea. The Greek camp. Map a. The Troad must, therefore, lie to the right; and if so, why shouldPriam have occasion to cross the stream ? An old river bed is seen close to Hissarlik, dry insummer, with here and there pools of water. Thishas been identified with the ancient course of the Sca-mander. It is flooded in the rainy season, and bearsthe name Kalifatli Asmak, from the little village ofKalifatli by its side. But we have not yet enough to 28 MYCENAEAN TROT explain the situation in the Iliad; for after passingKum Koi ( sand village ), which lies a little to thenorthwest of Hissarlik, the small stream has made asharp bend, and empties through a delta too far tothe west to allow the position of the Greek fleet be-tween its mouth and the sea. The Homeric description needs the following: AtRhoeteum, near a mound, which is called to-day InTepeh, but which tradition styles the Tomb ofAjax, is observed a s
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