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\u201cWhilst fully recognizing his enterprise, devotion, and energy in carrying out these excavations, I cannot but express the regret that Dr. Schliemann should have allowed the \u2018enthusiasm,\u2019 which, as he himself admits, \u2018borders on fanaticism,\u2019 to make it so paramount an object with him to discover the Troy described by Homer, as to induce him either to suppress or to pervert every fact brought to light that could not be reconciled with the Iliad.\u201d \u2013 Frank Calvert, 1875\nDespite numerous returns to Hisarlik, Heinrich Schliemann was unable to establish the layer holding Homer\u2019s Troy.\xa0 It was only near the end of his life, with the aid of Wilhelm Dorpfeld, that his quest was finally rewarded.\xa0 In the meantime, Schliemann\u2019s excavations at Mycenae and Tiryns had shed new light on the wealth and power of Late Bronze Age Greece.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices