shall still call the small unencumbered conical hill the tumulus of Patroclus.
That the large tumulus on the jutting headland was considered in the historical times of antiquity as the sepulchre of Achilles, is evident from Strabo,[1] Arrian,[2] Pliny,[3] Lucian,[4] Quintus Smyrnaeus,[5] Dion Cassius,[6] and others. It was situated within the fortified town of Achilleum,[7] which seems to have extended to and enclosed the site of the present little Turkish town of Koum Kaleh; for fragments of marble columns and other architectural blocks, which are found near the surface, denote the existence of an ancient city on that site. The existence of an ancient settlement to the south and east of the tumulus is attested by the masses of ancient pottery with which the ground is covered.
The tumulus of Patroclus is about 350 yards to the south-east of the sepulchre of Achilles, and the third tumulus, on which the windmill stands, is about a thousand yards still farther to the south.[8]
The tomb of Achilles was, according to Choiseul-Gouffier,[9] a century ago vulgarly called "Thiol," whilst now this tumulus, as well as that of Patroclus, are indifferently called "Cuvin" by the villagers. The former tumulus is situated immediately to the north-east of Cape Sigeum, at a lesser height, on the very border of the high table-land which falls off abruptly, and is about 250 yards from the Hellespont.[10] On account of its high situation it can be seen from a great distance out at sea, and it answers
