Qualla: Tiryns https://qualla.com/tiryns en-us © 2026 Bendyline Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:34:07 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/8/j/tiryns-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Tiryns https://qualla.com/tiryns Tiryns: Introduction https://qualla.com/tiryns/ Photo credit Karelksir, CC BY-SA 4.0. The geographer Pausanias visited Tiryns in the 2nd century AD and wrote that two mules pulling together could not budge even the smaller stones of its walls. He was not exaggerating for effect — he was making a practical observation. The walls of Tiryns, built during the Mycenaean period around 1300 BC, are up to 17 meters thick at the tunnels, constructed from limestone blocks so large that the Greeks of the Classical period could only explain them by crediting the Cyclopes, giants of superhuman strength who alone could have lifted such weight. Homer agreed: he called the city 'mighty-walled Tiryns,' and the epithet has lasted three thousand years.

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/8/j/tiryns-wp/sw8j-tiryns-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Tiryns: The Cyclopean Walls https://qualla.com/tiryns/ Photo credit Karelksir, CC BY-SA 4.0. What makes Tiryns immediately overwhelming is scale. The citadel sits on a low hill — only 18 meters high, 300 meters long — but the walls that crown it were originally estimated at 9 to 10 meters tall and still stand in places to 7 meters. Their thickness ranges from 6 meters at...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/8/j/tiryns-wp/sw8j-tiryns-the-cyclopean-walls.mp3 0:06 2 full Tiryns: Home of Heracles https://qualla.com/tiryns/ Photo credit George E. Koronaios, CC0. Myth embedded itself in Tiryns early. Greek tradition names it as the birthplace of Heracles, or at least his residence during the performance of the Twelve Labors — the hero operating from this fortress while carrying out impossible tasks across the known world. The connection w...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/8/j/tiryns-wp/sw8j-tiryns-home-of-heracles.mp3 0:06 3 full Tiryns: Palace of the Bronze Age https://qualla.com/tiryns/ Photo credit Andreas Trepte, CC BY-SA 2.5. Inside the citadel's southern section stood the Mycenaean palace, its plan similar to that at Mycenae: an outer portico with two columns, an anteroom, and the great megaron — the throne room — with a circular central hearth bordered by four wooden columns in the Minoan style. The...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/8/j/tiryns-wp/sw8j-tiryns-palace-of-the-bronze-age.mp3 0:06 4 full Tiryns: Excavations and Aftermath https://qualla.com/tiryns/ Photo credit Dimitrios Nikolopoulos, CC BY-SA 4.0. Heinrich Schliemann came to Tiryns in 1876 and initially dismissed what he found as medieval, very nearly destroying the ruins while digging for deeper Mycenaean treasure. He returned in 1884 with better judgment and worked for five months. Wilhelm Dörpfeld, director of the Germa...

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