The meaning of this word has always been in dispute and must
remain a matter of sheer conjecture. There are four references
in the text. I. l. 59. 'Oh Boyán, hadst but thou sung of these
hosts. . . weaving together from both ends of this epoch, racing
down the path of Troyán!' II. l. 209. 'There have been the ages
[or, reading on the authority of Karamzín, сѣчи, the affrays] of
Troyán, the years of Yarosláv have passed by, there have been
the regiments of Olég.' III. l. 288. Contumely arose in the
forces of Dažbog's descendant [? Russia, the civilizing power;
compare a curious passage in Ипат. 1114 where a myth is told at
length of a king of Egypt, Dažbog, who civilized men and was
succeeded by the Sun], stepped like a maiden in the Land of
Troyán. . .' IV. l. 569. 'In the seventh age of Troyán, Vséslav
cast his lot for a maiden dear to him.' † In this last passage
E. reads Зояни. If my view holds good that Troyán is derived
from три three, this would be a natural eror; in the original
MS. all numbers were de