{"id":385,"date":"2015-04-28T09:26:57","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T13:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/?page_id=385"},"modified":"2026-07-31T00:31:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T00:31:33","slug":"tiryns","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/argolid\/tiryns\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiryns"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"385\" class=\"elementor elementor-385 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-75sogva elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"75sogva\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ilg403p\" data-id=\"ilg403p\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ywrwh0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ywrwh0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tiryns, near the Argolic Gulf about 20 km south of Mycenae, was one of the great citadels of the Mycenaean world and, according to legend, the birthplace and home of the hero Heracles. It is famous above all for its massive &#8220;Cyclopean&#8221; fortification walls, in places up to 8 meters thick, so enormous that later Greeks believed only the mythical Cyclopes could have built them. The palace&#8217;s megaron, its great reception hall, had a throne set against the right wall and a central hearth ringed by four columns, much like the palaces at Mycenae and Pylos. The site was continuously inhabited from the Neolithic period through the Bronze Age, reaching its height between 1400 and 1200 BC, and is designated, together with Mycenae, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [Editor&#8217;s note: no old-site source material was found for this page. This paragraph was drafted as a placeholder using general reference sources and should be reviewed\/expanded by Dr. Siegel.]<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-atz16ll elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"atz16ll\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"84\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/Tiryns200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1585\" alt=\"Tiryns\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-jljwif8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"jljwif8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tiryns<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-hi3u683 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"hi3u683\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/IMG0077.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1586\" alt=\"Tiryns\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52mrwwh elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52mrwwh\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tiryns<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-akk7smj elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"akk7smj\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/IMG0078.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1587\" alt=\"Tiryns\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wrt4x9s elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"wrt4x9s\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tiryns<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7mw76ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7mw76ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"67\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/IMG0081.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1588\" alt=\"Corbelled roof, Tiryns\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebngv30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ebngv30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Corbelled roof, Tiryns<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-gjp8tk5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"gjp8tk5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/IMG0080.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1589\" alt=\"Storeroom of the archers, Tiryns\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-drroevs elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"drroevs\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Storeroom of the archers, Tiryns<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-r73u6x6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"r73u6x6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"64\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/pp28.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1590\" alt=\"Storeroom of the archers, Tiryns\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-shuoc0v elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"shuoc0v\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Storeroom of the archers, Tiryns<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-zeih56x elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"zeih56x\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/IMG0083.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1591\" alt=\"Cyclopean Wall, Tiryns\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2r16011 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2r16011\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Possibly a bathroom, sloping floor and drain hole, Tiryns<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32wseuw elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"32wseuw\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/IMG0082.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1595\" alt=\"Mycenean citadel, exposing right side of approaching warriors, Tiryns\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-gczeev7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" 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It is famous above all for its massive &#8220;Cyclopean&#8221; fortification walls, in places up to 8 meters thick, so enormous that later [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":360,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-385","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1597,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/385\/revisions\/1597"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}