224 Primitive Greece : Mycenian Art. Having disposed of Tshiblak and Akshi Kioi — ancient Thym- bra — neither of which ever had the ghost of a chance, we are left to choose between those who would place Troy near the village of Bunarbashi, and those who, following ancient tradition, recognize it in the Grasco-Roman Ilium, and look on Hissarlik as the probable site which encloses its remains. Fig. 6i.— Physical map of the Troad, Bunarbashi lies about three English miles south of Akshi Kioi, some little way beyond the farther bank of the Mendere ; its white minaret is seen at a distance, and warns the traveller that he has before him a Turkish village. Its huts nestle on the northern slope of a rocky height known as the Bali Dagh, and at its foot, within a narrow area, bubble up numerous springs.
