And on the Trojan Plain. 165 
Trojans encamped for the night before their 
attack on the Grecian lines, and, again, after 
the death of Patroclus. 
The Grecian Camp. 
Tue camp, or fleet, for it was the same 
thing, and is called indifferently by either 
name, covered the whole extent of the bay 
between two promontories, which, by almost 
universal consent, are admitted to be those 
now bearing the names of Rheteum and 
Sigeum. The ships were drawn up in a 
double or triple line. 
«Since, spacious though it were, the shore 
alone 
“That fleet sufficed not, incommoding much 
“The people; wherefore, they had ranged 
the ships, 
«‘ Line above line ascending, and the bay 
“ Between both promontories all was filled. 
Iliad XIV. 39. 
The distance between the two promontories 
of Rhecteum and Sigeum is about two miles, 
and Homer has been condemned for making 
his fleet extend in triple line such an in- 
credible distance. 
But whether he has exaggerated, or not, the 
