. Researches in the highlands of Turkey; including visits to mounts Ida, Athos, Olympus, and Pelion, to the Mirdite Albanians, and other remote tribes . oint in Homeric topo-graphy, ever since their discovery by Lechevalier towardsthe end of the last century, and as the question of thesite of the city of Troy depends in no slight degreeupon them, I propose that we should examine themwith some care, and make them a starting-point fromwhich to notice the principal objects and features of thecountry that seem to correspond to those which Homerdescribes. The plain of Troy has been a battle-field,n
. Researches in the highlands of Turkey; including visits to mounts Ida, Athos, Olympus, and Pelion, to the Mirdite Albanians, and other remote tribes . oint in Homeric topo-graphy, ever since their discovery by Lechevalier towardsthe end of the last century, and as the question of thesite of the city of Troy depends in no slight degreeupon them, I propose that we should examine themwith some care, and make them a starting-point fromwhich to notice the principal objects and features of thecountry that seem to correspond to those which Homerdescribes. The plain of Troy has been a battle-field,not only of heroes, but of scholars and geographers, andthe works which have been written on the subject form aliterature to themselves. In this discussion, and theinvestigation of minute details which it involves, I donot wish to entangle my readers, but will confine myselffor the present to some of the most general conclusions,referring those who are interested in the question to the Chap. II. The City and Plain of Troy. 23 Appendix at the end of Volume 11.^ But, before enteringon the subject at all, it is necessary to premise a few DAR DANELLES. ]R(D)X The Plain of Troy. remarks on the way in which the Homeric topography?ought to be treated. In the first place, it is well to remember that the state- See Appendix A, On the Topography of Troy. 24 TJic City and Plain of Troy. Chap. 11, ments of an ancient epic poet ought not to be criticised,as they have been by some writers, in the spirit of a land-surveyor. To take the numbers which the poet gives,and the distances which he describes, as a basis for exactcalculation, is to disregard the poetic element in thenarrative, and to treat verse as if it were prose. Numbersmust be mentioned in the poem, and distances must,here and there, be either stated or implied, for otherwisethe action would lack reality; but these are not to beregarded as literal statements of fact. All that we canexpect is, that what is introduced should be in ac
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