Tiryns

[ tir-inz ]

/ ˈtɪr ɪnz /

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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Examples from the Web for tiryns

The position of the akropolis at Mykn differs widely from that of either of the neighbouring akropoleis of Tiryns and Argos.
Studies of Travel - Greece|Edward A. Freeman
For ornament, for polish or finish of any kind, we are not to look in the stage represented by Tiryns.
Studies of Travel - Greece|Edward A. Freeman
The walls of Tiryns are of more gigantic blocks; but they made simply an enclosure of a palace.
Vacation days in Greece|Rufus B. Richardson
Tiryns, Argos, Mykn, are all hill cities; but they occupy hills of very different heights and figures.
Studies of Travel - Greece|Edward A. Freeman

The Cyclopes of Tiryns were seven, as we learn from Strabo; because the towers probably were in number so many.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.)|Jacob Bryant