THE MYCENAEAN AGE AND HOMERIC POEMS
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Homeric poems and Mycenaean times, it must be admitted that of all the settlements on Hissarlik, only that one which shows that it has come in touch with Mycenaean civilization can lay claim to the title of Homeric Troy. Such a city was our fortress with its huge walls, towers, gates, and inner buildings—a city which before its destruction had at least commercial relations with the people bearing the civilization which has been briefly described.
