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ColanR
6y ago
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I know the story...Schliemann went looking for Troy because the Illiad told him it existed.
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ggm
6y ago
Didn't work on Ararat. False in unum, false in omnibus. Anyway, he went to the wrong hill first. But overall yes, myth informs reality sometimes. Shame he didn't find the bones of the giant wooden platypus the Greek ice cream salesmen hid in.
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