tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post3047334419792941245..comments2024-03-25T08:41:57.698+13:00Comments on Kiwi Hellenist: On the ‘losing’ of TroyPeter Gainsfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17448862214081111386noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-73716211471144461302016-01-06T14:06:29.228+13:002016-01-06T14:06:29.228+13:00It seems to me that Strabo's assessment (13.1)...It seems to me that Strabo's assessment (13.1), that the contemporary settlement of Ilium was not the same as Homer's Ilium, bears some consideration here. Troy was never lost - but, at least by the Roman period, there were at least some who believed it had been. Schliemann's shovel finally proved that this wasn't the case, but he dug earlier (and, as I recall, more Theo Nashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01401980925289786235noreply@blogger.com