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telves, at leaft in the more immediate vicinity of the city, the 

 epithet of Trojan*. More precifely ftill it is faid, (IHad, VT. i, 

 &c.), " the battle raged between Simois and Xanthus." The lat- 

 ter muft have been nearefl the Grecian camp ; for when the Tro- 

 jans had advanced very nigh the rampart, and lay a night in the 

 field before it, they are faid to be between the camp and the Sea- 

 mander. (niad,VllI. ss^')- At the Scamander f Hector holds 

 a council of war ; and when the Trojans are compelled to re- 

 tire from before the camp, the wounded Hector is laid down 

 at the fide of the Scamander. (Iliad, XIV. 433.). When, again, 

 Patroclus drives the Trojans finally from the camp, he cuts 

 off the retreat of a part of the fugitives to the city, forces them 

 back towards the camp, and falls on them betwixt the ftation of 

 the fhips, the river and. the city |. Achilles, in advancing from, 

 the camp to the Xanthus, drives a part of the flying enemy into 

 the riverj the reft efcape to the town. (Iliad, XXI. i. et feq.). 

 Here it feems to be plainly intimated, that, on the way between 

 the camp and the city, the river muft be paffed. And this is 

 confirmed by feveral pafifages in the laft book, where Priam, 

 in going from the city to the Grecian camp, after pafTmg the 

 tomb of Ilus, arrives at the river, — undoubtedly the Scaman- 

 der. Here he waters his horfes. (Iliad, XXIV. 349.). In re- 

 turning, he comes again to the fame fpot, (v. 692.) ; and here 



there 



»Iliad,X. II. XXIII. 464. Strabo, p. 892. C. 



t For this muil be the ^ot^a** iw/ hti,tni of Iliad, VIII. 490. 



, . , NaSv 5f^< *roT«^S x«» T€/;)(;6«j v4"i'^«»'e' Iliad, XVI. 397. 



Here It is difficult to form a diftina idea of the topographical fituation, unlefs we 

 underftand it thus : Firft, between the fliips and the river j and farther on, between 

 the river and the town. 



