Chapter 19

A.Accidentsin the work,132,147,275;no one killed or seriously injured,357.Achilles, tumulus of,177,178.Achilleum, town of,178.Æneas, his supposed dynasty at Troy,19,182.Æsyetes, tumulus of,182.Agate, fine, balls of,165.Aianteum, town of,178.Ajax, tumulus of,177,178,197.Akshi-koï, as proposed site for Troy, refuted,45.Alexander the Great, at Ilium,61,146,178,251.Altar, the great primitive,277,278,291.Altars, flaming, an Aryan emblem on the terra-cottas,120,121,160.Amphora, a large Trojan,63.Antelopes, an Aryan emblem on the terra-cottas, signifyingthe winds,120,135,136.Antlersof deer,165.Apollo, temple of the Thymbrian,177;Greek temple at Ilium, and bas-relief of,32,145,223,257.(Temple Metopé.)Aqueductfrom the Thymbrius, remains of,239.Archers, supposed trench for, on the Tower,318.Aristotle’sexplanation of the δέπας ἀμφικύπελλον,15,313.Aruna, in the Egyptian records, probably denotes Ilium,126.Aryanorigin of all the settlers at Hissarlik,16,252,347, &c. (SeeSettlers.)Assyrian Art, supposed traces of,111.Athena, tutelar goddess of Troy, represented with the headof an owl,20,54,113, &c.——, her temple, where the Trojan matrons went up to supplicate her,147.Atlasof photographic illustrations,357;Preface, p.v. foll.B.Balls, terra-cotta, with astronomical and religioussymbols,167,168,188,364.BatieaorMyrina, tumulus of,180,197;now calledPacha Tépé,198;opened,301;pottery of the same age as the Trojan stratum at Hissarlik,ibid.Battle-axes, copper, found in the Treasure,330,331;of stone,21,252. (SeeWeapons.)Bellerophon and Prœtus, the σήματα λυγρά,138.Bit, a horse’s, a copper instrument resembling,261.Boars'tusks,78,165.Bolts, copper, of the Scæan Gates,302.Bone, a piece of, curiously engraved,295.Bones, found on the Tower,213;human skull and ashes found in an urn,267;of animals,165, &c.(SeeSkeletons.)Bracelets, of silver, gold, and electrum,164,165;golden, found in the Treasure,337.Braun, Julius,46,111.Bronze, some of the objects of the Treasure found to be of,361.Brush-handle, Trojan, of terra-cotta, with holes for the bristles,297.Buddha, sculptured foot-print of, with the 卐 and mystic rose,103.Buildings, of the first settlers, of stones joined withearth,14,134,155-6.——, of the second (or Trojans), of unburnt bricks with somestone foundations,24,96,156,302.——, of the third settlers, of small stones joined with earth,28,166.——, of the fourth settlers, thewooden Ilium,29,17.——, of Greek Ilium, of hewn stone,173.——, great ruins of,128,132,133,134.——, Trojan, quarry used for,140,141.——, Trojan, burnt,301,302.—— ——, proofs of their successive ages,302.——, on north platform,316.Bunarbashi, opinion of Lechevalier for, as the site of Troy,erroneous,43,123,124,217;no remains of a great city there,43;the true site of Gergis,44;reply to the arguments of M. Nikolaïdes for the site of,176,183;the springs at,176;further excavations at,318.Burnouf, Émile, explains the Aryan symbols,47,51;quotation from,103,105;his drawings of whorls, vi., xliv.Buttress, discovery of,100;supporting the temple,222;uncovering of great,233.Byzantine remains, supposed,230,250;none at Hissarlik,32,272,319,320.C.Caldron, copper, in the Treasure,324.Calvert, Mr. Frank,70,71,144,177,245;reply to his article,270,275,318,319,320.Canoes, miniature, of terra-cotta, probably for salt-cellars,79.Carrousel(i.e.top), name applied to the whorls,16,65. (SeeWhorls.)Cellar, a small Greek,279.Cellars, none found, great earthen jars used instead of,140. (SeeJars.)Chanaï Tépé, mound of,72.Chest, inlaid piece of terra-cotta, supposed to be the lid of a,129,130;the chest which held the Treasure,332;its key,333;treasure-chests of Priam and Achilles,333.Chimæra, the, of Homer,320.Chinese Libation Cup,326-7.Chiplak, proposed site of Troy at, refuted by absence of remains,45.Chronology of Troy,12,27.City walls, covered with ashes of a conflagration,16. (SeeWalls.)Civilization, progressive decline in, among the successiveinhabitants of the hill,29;higher, below what seemed the “Stone Age,”75;marks of, increasing with depth reached,82,128,134.Coins, Greek and Roman found at Hissarlik; none later thanConstans II., and Constantine II.,32,62,64-65,206,207,253,354.Copper, silver, and gold, contemporaneous use of, for tools,weapons, vases and ornaments,22;Trojan implements and weapons of,82;nails and pins with gold and electrum heads,253,254;curious plate of, in the Treasure,325;vase in the Treasure,ibid.;helmets and a lance,279,281;objects comparatively few, as they may have been melted downagain and again,269,270.Covers, for vases, of terra-cotta;with crown-shaped handles,25,48,86,95,268;with a single arched handle,296;with the face of an owl,34,171;with human faces, but still approaching the owl,115,268.Crucibleof terra-cotta, still containing some copper,283.Crystal, hexagon of,260.Cups, long two-handled, of terra-cotta,86,87,95;larger and finer in the Trojan stratum,158, than in thefourth stratum,166,171;a very large one,263.(SeeΔέπας ἀμφικύπελλον.)Cuttings, on the north side,61,62;great, construction of,88;new,186;new, from S. E. to N. W.,230.Cylinderof felspar, like the Assyrian signet cylinders,312.Cyprian Inscriptions(Appendix),365,366;the key to the Trojan,366;progress of their decipherment,369,370.D.Daggers, copper, found in the Treasure,331,332. (SeeWeapons.)Damour, M., his analysis of Trojan metal,361.Depthsat which the objects were found carefully noted,27,219.Drawingsof the objects found,357.Débris, Diagram of the strata of,10.——, thickness of, above native rock,123;depth of, unexampled in the world,217,218;supposed, of the temple of Athena,221,222.Demetrius, of Scepsis, his site for Troy at the “Villageof the Ilians” adopted by Strabo,41;refuted,42.“Δέπας ἀμφικύπελλον,” the,15,50,128,313-316;the great golden one of the Treasure,326-7.Destructionof walls of former settlers,156,157;of third town,170;of Trojan buildings, in excavating below them,348.Diadems, the two golden, found in the Treasure,335,336.Diagramof the successivestrataof ruins at Hissarlik,10.Dishes, terra-cotta, with side-rings,155,172,215;(φιάλαι,pateræ), of silver, in the Treasure,329.Drawings, care in making,219;an artist taken to make good,225.Dumbrek Su, the ancient Simoïs,358.E.Ear-rings, of silver, gold, and electrum,164,165;of gold, found in the Treasure, their unique form,118,119,336,337.Ebony, piece of a musical instrument,165.Electrum, a mixture of gold and silver,165,254,327;objects of, found,ibid.,334.Emblems, Aryan, on the whorls, balls, &c.;their significance,101,102;occurrence of, among other Aryan nations,102;mentioned in old Indian literature,102,103;solar, and rotating wheels,136,137.Epithets, Homeric, of Ilium, suitable to Hissarlik,124,125.Etymologyof Ἴλιος,125,126.Excavations, the “grandmother of the,”316;final close of the,356;intended resumption of, Preface, p.xxiii.(SeeWorks.)Explorers, advice to future,346.F.Falcon, the, an Aryan emblem on the terra-cottas,120,135.Fever, dangers from,62,258.Fire, marks of great in the ruins,109,133,228,277,347;narrow escape from,275.Firman, for making the excavations,59.Fortifications, of the hill,289,290;further discoveries of,322.(SeeWalls.)Funereal Urns.(SeeUrns.)Funnels, small, of terra-cotta, with inscriptions,191.G.Gate, discovery of a double, with copper bolts,302,303;the Scæan, of Homer,303-305.Genealogyof the kings of Troy,123.Georgios Photidas,116.Gergis; identified with the ruins at Bunarbashi,44,245.Goblets;curious terra-cotta,317;of gold, silver, and electrum, found in the Treasure,325,327,329.——, the double-handled. (SeeΔέπας ἀμφικύπελλον.)Gold, modes of working,327.——, ornaments of. (SeeOrnaments.)Gold.(SeeTreasure.)Gomperz, Professor, on the Trojan and Cyprian inscriptions(Appendix)367,370.Greekcamp,179.—— inscriptions. (SeeInscriptions.)——, city of Ilium, area of,217.—— sculptured marbles,226.—— house, discovery of,254,255.—— bas-relief, remarks on,255,257.—— votive discs of diorite,269.—— statuettes and vessels,317,343. (SeeTerra-cottas.)Greek Race, affinity of the Trojans to the (Appendix), p.364.Grote, George, places Homer’s Troy at Hissarlik,46.H.Hammer(ῥαιστήρ) only once mentioned in Homer,270. (SeeIMPLEMENTS and STONE.)Handlesof sticks or sceptres,260,265.Haug, Dr. Martin, finds the key to the Trojan Inscriptions (Appendix),366.Hares, an Aryan emblem on the terra-cotta, signifying theMoon and four seasons,120.Heatat Hissarlik,142,198.Hector, his so-called tomb and grove, at Ophrynium,74,177;place of his death,176,195.Helmet-crests, Trojan, their structure,280.Helmets, found on the skulls of Trojan warriors,279;found in the Palace,333.Hera, personification of, as ox-headed (Ἥρα βοῶπις),113,114,293,353.Herodotus, quoted,12.Hieroglyphicson terra-cottas from the Greek stratum,291,352.Hippotamusof terra-cotta, a sign of intercourse with Egypt,228,270.Hissarlik, the hill of, ruins upon,14;limit of Troy’s extent,18;modern authorities in favour of,46;the name means “fortress,”60;description of,58;the Acropolis of the Greek Ilium,60,61;search for its limits,61;panoramic view from,68,69;growth of the Hill,97;great increase of Hill to east,227.Homer, knew the Troad, but his knowledge of Troy onlytraditional,18,20,305;poetic exaggerations of its extent,344-346;his hot and cold fountains of Scamander,195;his Great Tower of Ilium,201,204;stone implements not mentioned by,270,271.——, theIliad, quoted,19,26,69,71,121,123,130,138,147,179,195,197,203,222,223,238,248,265,270,271,280,281,305,306,314,324,326,328,333,335,336,337,345,346.——, theOdyssey, quoted,129,305.Houses, Trojan, discovered,133;spacious,155,156;mode of building,ibid.;easily crushed,ibid.;several storeys high,345;built of sun-dried bricks, only the important buildingsbeing of small stones joined with earth,273,349.——, succession of, beneath the temple, in strata ofdifferent ages, with marks of destruction by fire,289,290.——, two large, of different dates, above the Scæan Gate,301;the upper and later one, above Priam’s palace,302,304;objects found there,314,315.(SeePalace.)——, on the N. side of the hill, and objects found there,351.Humming-top, a Trojan,192.Hurricane, continual, on Homer’s “windy Ilium,”185.I.Ida, Mount, name of,121;the Trojans dwelt first on its spurs,123;snow-clad summits of, but snow not perpetual,70,121.Idols, of the Ilian Athena,35,36,100,112,154,155,163,164,170,172,229,234,235,236,260,292,296,353.——, of terra-cotta, marble, &c., found in all the pre-Hellenicstrata,34-38, &c.;one of slate,260.Ilians, village of the;no traces of habitation at,42,70,85,92,180.(SeeDemetrius of Scepsis.)Ilium(Homer’s Ἴλιος), first founded by Dardanus in the Plain,123;etymology of the name,125.(SeeTroy.)——, Greek, built under the Lydian dominion, about 700B.C.,12,13,174;its duration,13,30;extent and population,32,198;site described,57,58;Greek buildings,173,174;springs in front of,194,196;name of, given, to the ruins at Hissarlik,211;patronage of, by the Julii,232;relation of kings Antiochus I. and III. to,244,246;site uninhabited since the end of the fourth century,318;confused with Alexandria Troas,319.Images, of the owl-faced Athena. (SeeIdolsandAthena.)Implementsof stone and copper, found together,28,30,81,


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