And on the Trojan Plain. 169 
The station of Idomeneus was near that 
of Ajax, 
‘‘at the camp’s extremest bounds.”’ 
Where the other chieftains were stationed is 
alike difficult to learn and immaterial to as- 
certain. 
Grecian Ramparts. 
A complete account of the construction of 
these ramparts is given in the seventh book of 
the Iliad. They extended in length from one 
promontory to the other, but our enquiry 
need be directed only to the breadth of the 
space included between them and the sea. 
It is obvious that if the ramparts were built 
close to the sterns of the outermost line of 
vessels, as might be supposed from the ac- 
count given of them in book XIV, 34, this 
space must have been very limited, and the 
ramparts near the sea. 
But so far from the details of the Iliad fa- 
vouring this statement, they are entirely sub- 
versive of it, and lead us to the conclusion, 
that the distance from the ships to the ram- 
parts was considerable, and consequently 
that these extended far up the plain. 
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