Tiryns
[tir-inz]
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noun
an ancient city in Greece, in Peloponnesus: destroyed in 486 b.c. by the Argives; excavated ruins include Cyclopean walls forming part of a great fortress.
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One such old palace has been uncovered at Tiryns near Mycenae.
Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, MycenaeJennie Hall
But at Troy, Tiryns, and Mycen there is nothing of the sort.
Human OriginsSamuel Laing
This photograph was made at the ruined palace and fortress of Tiryns, in Greece.
History of SanitationJohn Joseph Cosgrove
Noack does not accept the Tiryns evidence for the Homeric house.
Homer and His AgeAndrew Lang
At Tiryns it is the walls and the walls alone which seem to speak of its days of power.
Studies of Travel - GreeceEdward A. Freeman