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Strabo himself never visited the Troad, 
but he bas left us much valuable information 
derived from one Demetrius, a great admirer | 
of Homer, and who resided at Scepsis, an an- 
cient city of Mount Ida, and the name of 
which, like many of Homer’s, still remains. 
(22) 
He informs us that New Ilium, or the mo- 
dern city, was situated on the plain, at the 
distance of twelve stadia, or about a mile 
and a half, from the camp of the Greeks. 
That the Callicolone, or beautiful hill of the 
Simois, was at the distance of forty stadia 
from New Ilium in the direction of Ida, 
and that between them, at thirty stadia from 
New Ilium, and ten from the Callicolone, 
stood the village of the Llieans, which was 
supposed to occupy the site of ancient Troy. 
Now the remains of New Ilium are still 
visible, and are identified by many inscriptions ; 
and the distance between it and what pro- 
bably was the line of coast in the time of 
Strabo, is about twelve stadia, as he des- 
cribes it to be. At forty stadia beyond New 
Ilium, and in the direction of Ida, we find 
(22) As Strabo received his account from another, we cannot attach 
implicit belief to the accuracy of his descriptions. The question, if 
to be decided at all, must be so by an attentive comparison of the action 
of the Iliad with the topography of the plain. 
