IV, 
104 PLAIN OF TROY. 
CHAP, ill reconciling the description of Troas given by 
Homer with the existing realities of the country, 
than the poems of the Bard himself; because 
the comment afforded by Straho combines all 
the advantages of observation made eighteen 
centuries ago, both with regard to the country 
and the reference borne to its antiquities, by 
documents, written in a language which may 
be considered as his own. The traditions of 
the country concerning the Trojan war were not 
then more remote from their origin, than are at 
this hour the oral records of England with 
regard to its first invasion by the Danes or 
Normans. Comparing the site of the place 
called H'mm in his time, with that of antient 
Troy, Straho says, {Ilus) " did not build the 
city luhere it now is, but nearly tkirty stadia fartlter 
eastward, towards Ida and Dardania, where 
the Iliensian Village is now situated If, there- 
fore, we can ascertain precisely the locality of 
the Ilium of Slraho, by the discovery of Ruins 
which bear evidence of their being the remains 
of that city, a beacon will be established, 
whence, with his bearings and distances, we 
may search with reasonable expectation of being 
able to point out some even of the artificial 
monuments belonging to the Plain. But further, 
if, with reference to the situation of Troy itself, 
having pursued the clue thus afforded, we find 
