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[218] ὑπωρείας, a word used several times by Herod., and quoted by Plato, Legg. 681 E, 702 A “τὰς τοῦ Δαρδάνου ὑπωρείας τε καὶ τὴν ἐπὶ θαλάττηι κατοίκισιν”. We cannot say whether it embodies a real local tradition, or is merely an ancient speculation as to the development of cities. It must in any case be taken to mean the low hill-country which fringes Ida, not as we should expect the point at which the mountains first rise from the plain; for the latter was the actual site of Ilios and is therefore expressed by ἐν πεδίωι. But even this phrase does not seem quite natural. It certainly suits Hissarlik better than Bounarbashi, for at the former site the lower town at least, as distinguished from the Akropolis, may have extended to the actual plain. Monro aptly quotes a parallel from the action of the Sikel Duketios in Sicily: “τὰς μὲν Νέας, ἥτις ἦν αὐτοῦ πατρίς, μετώικισεν εἰς τὸ πεδίον, καὶ . . ἔκτισε πόλιν ἀξιόλογον, ἣν . . ὠνόμαζε Παλικήν” (Diod. Sic.xi. 88. 6).

The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices. Walter Leaf. London. Macmillan. 1900.

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