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Pulosata (Pelasgians—Philistines!), Tekri, Tekkari (Teucrians),^[1] and Danau (Danai?). In the second group he finds names which are of particular interest for us: Asi, which suggests the name of Assos, a Mysian city in the Troad, or of Issa, the ancient name of Lesbos, which equally belongs to the Troad, or of Issus in Cilicia; Kerena or Kelena, which seems to be Colonae in the Troad; U-lu, which brings Ilium to mind and seems to be identical with it; Kanu, which may be Caunus in Caria; L(a)res, Larissa, which may or may not be the Trojan city Larissa or Larisa, there being many cities of that name; Maulnus or Mulnus, which recals to mind the Cilician Mallus: Atena, which may be Adana; and Karkamash, which Prof. Brugsch identifies with Coracesium, both likewise in Cilicia.^[2] Now it is a remarkable fact, to which M. François Lenormant^[3] has already called attention, that the Dardanians, who stand prominent among the confederates against Ramses II., do not appear in these two groups of invaders, who fought, a little more than a century later, against Ramses III., and that the Teucrians appear in their stead. May not this change of name of the Trojans have been caused by the war and capture of Troy and the destruction or dispersion of the people? It is, however, to be remarked that Herodotus always calls the ancient Trojans of epic poetry Teucrians, whereas the Roman poets use the names Teucrians and Trojans as equivalent.^[4]

To this overwhelming testimony for the power and greatness of Troy, a further proof has been added by the ten