| dc.description | In his last-century B.C. survey of the Troad, Strabo is concerned with the nearness of what was called, in his time, the [nauvstaqmon]--the naval base--to the traditional site of Troy. By [nauvstaqmon], Strabo means that stretch of coastline on which the Achaeans hauled up their ships and in front of which the Iliad tells us that the Achaeans built a wall in the ninth year of the war. Because of the dangerous proximity of "the naval base" to what was thought to be the site of the city (about 20 stadia or approximately two and one-half miles), Strabo believes that either the Greeks were foolish in not fortifying their camp sooner, or that the Trojans were cowardly in not overwhelming it before it was fortified (13.1.36).1// | eng |
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