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covery, indeed, furnished the chief doubt of the validity of the 

 identification of Troy, for " if Mycena? were so great and strong, 

 why did it need all the power of Achaia to overthrow the little 

 village of Ilios ? " His wife, a well-educated Grecian lady who 

 shared his Homeric enthusiasm, assisted him with her sympathy 

 and co-operation in a large part of his researches. Dr. Schlie- 

 mann's death followed a cold contracted after undergoing a suc- 

 cessful surgical operation for deafness at Halle. He tarried for 

 business on his way home, and, failing to take the care of himself 



Henry T. Schliemann. 



which he needed and which prudence should have demanded, 

 caught a severe cold, and had stopped at Naples for treatment. 

 His enthusiasm in archaeology and his example have been the 

 inspiration of many, and have provoked the organization of socie- 

 ties in England, Germany, France, the United States, Greece itself, 

 and other countries, for the exploration and excavation of the 

 ancient Grecian sites. The enthusiasm, which carried him through 

 all his life-work and permeated even his commonplace occupa- 

 tions and his amusements, was illustrated in his custom of giving 

 Homeric names to all who came into his household. "Among Ins 

 busy servitors," says Dr. Manatt, " were iEneas and Creusa ; Bel- 

 lerophon was his porter and Priam kept his garden, Circe and 

 Electra were his handmaids. No matter what name one brought 

 into his service, the chrism of the Hall of Troy made all heroic. 

 His own children were Andromache and Agamemnon from their 



