Here, he identified the river Cam with the Iliad's Scamander and the river Great Ouse with Homer's Simoïs. He was convinced that Homeric Troy was once situated on the heights outside Cambridge known as the Gog Magog Hills.
He identified the Cam River with the river from the Iliad called Scamander, and the Great Ouse River with Homer's Simoïs. He was certain that Homeric Troy was located in the area now represented by the Gog Magog Hills near Cambridge.