Zrilvnc Extras Lecture and Letter Series. 



flagration, warriors, helmets and lances hero was 

 Troy ! 



From day to day the store of beautiful vasos with 

 the owl-l';iccd Minerva upon thorn increased. At 

 the level of the tower and thu ruined d \vellinir all 

 objects wore a distinctively Trojan stamp. A few 

 days later, near the tower, a street was discovered. 

 It was 30 feet below the surface, 10 feet wide, and 

 paved with stone blocks about four feL-t square. 

 Schliemanu immediately wiote. mi making the an- 

 nouncement: "Beyond tlio least doubt it le:nls to 

 the Scrcan Gate, wliich cannot bo more than I"' 1 

 yards distant from tlio to\ver." llo ordered 100 

 workmen ta cany :\ the excavations with all speed 

 in that direction. In order to secure the tower and 

 < lie adjoining house- from spoliation by tlio Greek 

 and Turkish inhabitants, to whom the walls would 

 have been a most welcome quarry, ho informed the, 

 workmen that Christ hail once visited King Priam, 

 and walked along that very street, on entering 1 

 Troy. A. little shrine with a lamp and picture ol 

 Christ wag also placed on tin; corner of the tower. 

 which thu^ very soon Ixvame a sacrod place to Mos- 

 lem as well as Oriental Chris: iau. 



Early in May, t!m exca/ation of the street, after 

 having led to the linding of anotlier largo Trojan 

 Louse, upon the ruins of which a dwelling cf tin- 

 later Greek period, hail been erected, terminated at 

 a massive double gate, the copper bolts of which 

 were found among the rubbish. There could be 

 little doubt that this reallv win the Scsean Gate, in 

 mentioning which Homer always nses the plural. 

 The first entrance is about 11 feet wide, with a 

 smooth massive pavement, from which a ronsrhly- 

 paved way leads to the second entrance, 20 feet 

 further to the north-oast. The foundations of tlio 

 large Trojan house, lying between the gate and the 

 tower, proved, to have been built upon a mound 

 artificially for. ned of the ruins of the prehistoric 

 city. Its situation, its stately dimensions, and the 

 treasures afterward found in its chambers, seem to 

 justify the discov ; -r in calling it, if not the House 

 of Priam, certainly the hou3e of a prince or ruler of 

 the Trojans. 



A great quantify of beautiful and curious raes of 

 the finest workmanship were found in this house. 

 Among them were several of a peculiar form, with 

 two llaring handles ;:'id two cars for drinking. 

 S-hlici'iMin sees in the latter the dcpas amphikupellon 

 of Homer, which, he insists, ought to le translated 

 simply as "cup \\ i:h t.\\ o handles.' 7 This is a minor 

 pom:, in the presence oi so many more important 

 discoveries, but it may Lo of interest to some 

 persons. 



The disc ivery of Hie Sca-an (late of course di- 

 rected all further exploration to the ncigh'mrhood 

 of that locality. Tlie posiiion corresponds to the 

 description of 1 lie Iliad, li is at, the north-west ei n 

 corner of the wall > (' Troy, and fioiu 1 he hi^li to\\ er 

 ve ir it, old KiiiLC Priam could Irivu had a clear and 



Complete. View of the I I.I '. I 1 - li :](! oil til! plain, lie- 



tween tiio Scainandur and ihe Simo'is. So, when 

 Dr. Schli(;man:i, after having niiumairrd through 

 half tlia remaiuiua ruins of Troy, takcj the only 



lariz<>, si::t ly mansion among them all, standing be- 

 twei-n the tower and the Sczeau Gate, and calls it 

 "The House of Priam, 77 I think he does not deserve 

 to be treat :-d by certain German xarans as if he were 

 an imp -ri incut school-boy. Let him have his House 

 of Priam and let us, too, so call it whether Priam 

 ever lived in it or not. For my part, I have far 

 more faith in historical tradition than many people 

 of greater wisdom : but 1 am always delighted when- 

 ever t lie re varch of our wonderfully explorative ago 

 jn-itilies the, trailiiiou; and vliev are not. 



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< :,'>;-.NI>-I'LA\ OF THE SC.EAN GATE. 



Schliernauu's explorations are like a play in iive 

 acts: ISo'J, ; 7<>, '?!, '72. and '73, the interest in- 

 creasing until it culminates in a grand denouement, 

 and then the curtain falls. Daring the month of 

 May and beginning of June the rubbish, 50 feet deep, 

 of three or four thousand years, was slowly cleared 

 away, and the foundations, at least, of Homer's 

 Sea-an Gate looked once more across the plain of 

 Troy, to Tenedos and Imbros and the Samothracian 

 Ida. Then what particular day it was he does not 

 tell us, the city wall running southward along tho 

 edges of the great mound having been further laid 

 bare something happened, which 1 must allow him 

 to tell in his own words: 



Imiacdiatelv he-iile the ir.ei-ie of Priam T catno upon 

 a cropper ciliji-ct of :i most rein irkalile tonn, which nt- 

 tracted my tittf ntioD so muob the more iiecuii-e I fan- 

 oied I SilW SOiaoruiug ^oMcn j-lmnihTiin: behind it. A 

 s'raimii nt' red :i.-iies ami cali-ined ruins, font or live feet 

 thick, resfed on this copper article, and a'mve tin- .-tru- 



lillii tdwei-ed tlm \\all of lor: ill-al ion, twent\- feet iiitfli. 

 Inn,! of c\- -at lo.ise stoaes an 1 e irt li. anil e vMen 1 1 \ he- 

 loni'in^ to ilie i-eried after llie fall (if '1'i-ov. In order t.) 

 secure tile treasure friini the iri'Cicil (it niv wnrknieii, anil 

 .^avc ir, for lllllliail knowledge, lac u'reatest liat-le was 

 iie.-e.-s iry ; s i, a I . houyli it \vas tint >; lilll(^ for break- 

 fast, 1 iiiiineiliately pri)cl,iiiiie I " rest I" to all. \Vin,c 

 tliev were eatliifr aud reiio-*nnr I cut o-it ttie ireasun- 

 wn h a l.ir^'e knil'c, in it \\ i taunt t he ur-aie-it e\ T, imi and 

 tl e uin.st fearful a:iiiL-er: tor the IOOM-, treiiieii'loii-, \vail 

 aliovc, (tins lllKleriliined, tlire ileil 1 I evei-y iiio-ii.'!! t tl) 



topple down upon me. Jiut, the >l^ht. of si) nianv ol>- 



)'(!, each one of which was an Invaluable coat riliu tlon 



U> our knowledge, made me foolliiirdy, and I fur^nt tlie 

 danger. The tiMii^nnri ol the treasure would h-ivo been 

 in. it i-Miile without, the lirlp of in/ wife, who Ht.ind 

 re.nly, ainl paclic I in ll.T sin wl ! lie art iel"S as I cait t hem 



our, nnd carried them away, T.ie tirsi iinn^r foua.i was 

 a la r > nval sliirl I i.l e > i>|i r, \\ i , li a raise 1 run, and a 

 lm-> in t lie co iier. Tu MI came a copper p it, ue irly J.8 

 in. ned m diaiiiclcr, with I.', u handles; a copper tr uy, 1 



