In article , Larry   
   Caldwell  wrote:   
      
      
      
   > I hope you are not staking your position on the work of Hood.  He was a   
   > leader in his field 50 years ago, but has been dead for a decade now.   
      
   this is a good reason to not depend upon the reputation of scholars.   
   it's mainly charismatic personalities exerting influence.   
      
   >   NOBODY doubts that   
   > Linear B is Mycenaean Greek.   
      
   linking it to a language is not the same thing as making conclusive   
   translations of text.   
      
   > We don't even know if the place was called Troy, or Ilium, or what have   
   > you.  All we know is that it is named Hissarlik.   
      
      
   consider a hypothetical situation. by the time the greeks emerged from   
   their dark age and bagan to record history, there were people living at   
   hissarlik. throughout the classical ages, various rebuildings of the   
   city took place. these people called it troy or ilium.   
      
   let's assume that the trojan war and homer's work are mostly fiction.   
   there was no great seige that destroyed the city utterly. it suffered   
   the same decline that many cities endured circa 1200bc. like many   
   cities, there were periods of abandonment.   
      
   this is the hypothetical part: the names troy and ilium were in   
   continuous usage by the locals throughout the life of the city.   
      
   and why not? this is the most realistic scenario. it is the least   
   dependant upon homer.   
      
   it is the myth that claims a dramatic destruction. it is also the myth   
   that describes the trojans as non-greek [and thus likely to use a   
   different name for their city].   
      
   if bronze-age troy is described this way, then it is the myth speaking.   
      
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