Tir·yns
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| 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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Tiryns
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An ancient city of southern Greece in the eastern Peloponnesus. It contains the ruins of pre-Homeric palaces as well as prehistoric structures. |
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