Discoverer of Troy, Destroyer of Troy, Lover of Troy, Goddamn Someone Keep This Man Away From Troy
Schliemann was an amateur in the field of archeology, though he had been credited with the discovery of real-life Troy. His obsession with discovering only that which held personal value to himself and his own interests led to the destruction of several sites around Troy, even actual parts of Troy itself. His disregard for that which he has been tasked with discovering puts him in league with the likes of Morgan and Smith.
Schliemann's book of focus, “Troy and its remains: A narrative of researches and discoveries made on the site of Ilium, and in the Trojan Plain”, a book with a name as long as it's writer's, is about Schliemann's life work: The discovery of real life Troy. His love of the story of Troy came from his early childhood, where he, spurred on by his archeologist father, decided to make it his life goal to be the one to discover the real-life city. At the time, there were many who had believed the town to be merely a legend, and yet Schliemann persisted. He dug, and dug, and perhaps he may have dug a little bit of the very city he was trying to discover, but in the end he did find some of the ruins he... partly made more ruined.
Schliemann's current reputation in retrospect is somewhat difficult to explain. On one hand, and in certain spaces, Schliemann is well-respected as the man who discovered Troy. Certainly, he has a love for a good self-image, parading the idea that he had made the decision to find real-life Troy at as early as 7-years-old. He flaunted his "success" in being the one to discover Troy, and it's about as real of an idea as the comb-over upon his smooth head. In other spaces, however, his sloppy archeological work in the ruins has been discussed far more than the positives his "expedition has finally revealed the man for what he truly is: A careless, hairless fool.