Mycenaean Troy

by Herbert Cushing Tolman and Gilbert Campbell Scoggin

 

THE VANDERBILT ORIENTAL SERIES
edited by
Herbert Cushing Tolman and James Henry Stevenson

MYCENAEAN TROY

BASED ON DÖRPFELD'S EXCAVATIONS IN THE SIXTH
OF THE NINE BURIED CITIES AT HISSARLIK

BY

HERBERT CUSHING TOLMAN, Ph.D., D.D.
Professor of Greek in Vanderbilt University

AND

GILBERT CAMPBELL SCOGGIN, M.A.
Instructor in the University School, Nashville, Tenn.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK: CINCINNATI: CHICAGO
AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY

 

TO
THOMAS DAY SEYMOUR

ἀνδρὶ ἀγαθῷ
καὶ σοφῷ τὰ μεγάλα

 

East Wall of Mycenaean Troy

The massive lower wall, with the advancing angles, is seen at a; while the upper wall can be distinguished at d. The side walls of the Tower VI h jut out at b and c. The wall e is a portion of the superstructure of the tower.

 

Fuit Ilium et ingens
Gloria Teucrorum

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

Preface ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

5

 

The Troad

1.

General Description of the Plain ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

19

2.

The Scamander ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

26

3.

The Simoïs ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

29

4.

Bunarbashi ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

29

5.

Schliemann's Troy. II Stratum ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

33

6.

Dörpfeld's Troy. VI Stratum ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

36

7.

Was There a Real Troy? ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

43

 

The Mycenaean City

 

8.

Masonry ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

45

9.

Building Material ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

46

 

The Walls of the Citadel

10.

The Extent ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

48

11.

Periods of Construction ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

48

12.

The Projections ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

49

13.

West Wall ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

49

14.

East Wall ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

52

15.

South Wall ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

52

 

The Gates

16.

The East Gate ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

55

17.

The South Gate ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

56

18.

The West Gate ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

59

 

The Towers

19.

The South Tower ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

61

20.

The East Tower ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

62

21.

The Northeast Tower ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

64

 

The Inner Citadel

22.

VI A ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

68

23.

VI B ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

70

24.

VI M ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

71

25.

VI G ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

76

26.

VI F ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

77

27.

VI E ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

78

28.

Remaining Buildings of the First Terrace ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

79

29.

VI C ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

81

30.

Streets ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

83

31.

Springs ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

83

32.

Review of the Citadel ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

84

 

The Mycenaean Civilization

 

33.

Extent ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

87

34.

Pottery ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

90

35.

Date ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

90

 

The Mycenaean Age and the Homeric Poems

 

36.

Architecture ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

91

37.

Art ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

93

38.

Writing ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

94

39.

Who Were the Authors? ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

96

40.

Armor ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

105

41.

Dress ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

108

42.

Disposition of the Dead ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

110

43.

The Homeric Troy ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

110

 

 

List of illustrations