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TROY
AND ITS REMAI NS;
A NARRATIVE OF RESEARCHES AND DISCOVERIES
MADE ON THE SITE OF ILIUM,
AND IN THE TROJAN PLAIN.
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By DR. HENRY SCHLIEMANN.
Translated with the Authors Sanction.
EDITED
By PHILIP SMITH, B.A.,
AUTHOR OF THE 'HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD,' AND OF THE
' STUDENT'S ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE EAST.'
WITH MAP, PLANS, VIEWS, AND CUTS,
REPRESENTING 500 OBJECTS OF ANTIQUITY DISCOVERED ON THE SITE.
LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.
NEW YORK:
SCRIBNER, WELFORD, AND ARMSTRONG.
I875.
PREFACE BY THE EDITOR.
Dr. Schliemann's original narrative of his wonderful discoveries on the spot marked as the site of Homer's Ilium by an unbroken tradition, from the earliest historic age of
Greece, has a permanent value and interest which can scarcely be affected by the final verdict of criticism on the result of his discoveries. If he has indeed found the firescathed ruins of the city whose fate inspired the immortal first-fruits of Greek poetry, and brought to light many thousands of objects illustrating the race, language, and religion o…