186 Remarks on the Site of Troy 
Grecian lines. Yet in the nocturnal expedi- 
tion of Ulysses and Diomed into Thymbra to 
steal the horses of Rhesus, though almost 
every step they took is minutely described, 
no allusion is made to the river, nor does a 
single instance occur of its being noticed in 
any battle fought between the Throsmos and 
the Grecian camp. But whenever it is in- 
troduced, in connexion either with the route 
of armies, or individuals, it is in the upper 
part of its course, and even there, where it 
is of much less magnitude than in the lower, 
it is generally described as being crossed at 
aregular ford. In the fourteenth book Hector 
being wounded is borne from the tumult of the 
fight to the rear, where he has left his chariot, 
“ Which drew him groaning back toward the 
town. 
‘‘ Arriving at the ford of Xanthus’ stream 
“ Vortiginous, from mighty Jove derived, 
«They stretched him on the bank, and on 
his face 
‘Poured water.” Iliad XIV. 510 to 515. 
On examining what has passed previous to 
this accident, wefind Hector fighting near the 
station of Ajax, which was at Rheeteum, and 
had the Scamander flowed out at Rheteum, 
Hector was either on its banks when wounded, 
