Museum of antiquity; a description of ancient life: the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, places, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1882)
Yaggy, Levi W · Chicago, Western Publishing House; New York, Standard Publishing House; [etc.,etc.] · leaf 409
sed that he makes Hector descend from the palacein the Pergamus and hurry through the town in order to arriveat the Scaean Gate; whereas that gate and Iliums Great Tower,in which it stands, are in reality directly in front of the royalhouse. That this house is really the kings palace seems… … upon an artificial hill directly in fi-ont of or beside the ScseanGate, the Great Tower, and the great surrounding Wall. Thisis confirmed by the many splendid objects found in its ruins,especially the enormous royally ornamented vase with the pic-ture of the owl-headed goddess Athena, the tutelary…
Haines, Thomas L · Civilization · Classical antiquities
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