Tiryns

German businessman and archaeologist (1822–1890)

Tiryns ( or ; Ancient Greek: Τίρυνς; Modern Greek: Τίρυνθα) is a Mycenaean archaeological site in Argolis in the Peloponnese, and the location from which the mythical hero Heracles was said to have performed his Twelve Labours. It lies south of Mycenae.

military alliance in Ancient Greece

thumb|right|Schematic plan of a megaron complex. 1: anteroom, 2: hall (main room), 3: columns in portico and hall. thumb|right|Foundation of the megaron complex at Mycenae, view from the main hall (circular hearth visible in foreground) through the anteroom and porch The megaron (; , , : megara ) was the great hall in very early Mycenean and ancient Greek palace complexes. Architecturally, it was a rectangular hall that was supported by four columns, fronted by an open, two-columned portico, and had a central, open hearth that vented though an oculus in the roof.

type of stonework found in ancient Mycenaean architecture

German architect and archaeologist (1853–1940)

mythological Greek character, builder of Argo

stone bridge, one of three, near the modern road from Tiryns to Epidauros in Argolida, Greece

section of Iliad book 2, list of participants in the Trojan War

the son of Eurytus, king of Oechalia

494 BCE battle between Spartan forces led by Cleomenes I and Argos

style of ancient Greek pottery

German art historian and archaeologist (1872–1963)

German architect, art historian, archaeologist and architectural historian (1856-1909)