[snip] Wood also looks at the list of cities that the Iliad says sent ships to Troy. Many were long gone by Homers time. One was Thisbe, which Homer describes as a city of many pigeons. Following Homers directions in Greece, Wood tracks down the site of the Bronze Age ruins of Thisbe. And the site is full of pigeons! [/snip]
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