An Archaeological Cruise in the Levant; A Diary of a Trip to the Ancient Art-Centres of Greece, Asia Minor, the Aegean Islands and Sicily by Gustav Henry Schwab
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ... translated, "To the Great Lord (the Sultan) many years." This, it appears, is the usual conclusion of evening parade in the Turkish army. Mytilene suffered severely in the uprising against the Turks in 1821, when some twenty thousand of the Greek inhabitants of the island were massacred. Olives, which are grown in superior quality, form the chief article of its commerce, and the wealth of the island is said to have increased considerably during the last half century. The inhabitants appear to be well off and show considerable pride in the decoration of their houses and in the cultivation of flowers in their door-yards. Greek names and inscriptions are universal, and the Turkish inhabitants appear to be small in number. And as when water-fowl of many tribes, Geese, cranes and long-necked swans, disport themselves In Asia's fields, besides Cayster's streams, And to and fro they fly with screams, and light, Flock after flock, and all the fields resound; So poured, from ships and tents, the swarming tribes Into Scamander's plain, where fearfully Earth echoed to the tramp of steeds and men; And there they mustered on the river's side, Numberless as the flowers and leaves of spring. And as when flies in swarming myriads haunt The herdsman's stalls in spring-time, when new milk Has filled the pails--in such vast multitudes Mustered the long-haired Greeks upon the plain, Impatient to destroy the Trojan race.--Homer, Iliad, Book II--Bryant's Translation. Sea of Marmara, October 18, 1904. The steamer lay at Mytilene until 6 a. m. to-day, and then sailed for Constantinople. Shortly after entering the Dardanelles, the plain was passed in which the ancient city of Troy was situated. The site was excavated by Dr. Schliemann, between 1870 and...
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