File:EB1911 Tiryns - Plan of the Palace.jpg
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English: Plan of the Palace in the Upper Part of Tiryns (an ancient Greek city). See legend below. |
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| Date | published 1911 | |||
| Source | “Tiryns,” Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 26, 1911, p. 1013, fig. 1. | |||
| Author | not specified; John Henry Middleton and Ernest Arthur Gardner wrote the article | |||
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English: Legend
| 1, Main gate in the outer wall. |
| 2, Inner gate, approached between massive walls. |
| 3, Main propylaeum. |
| 4, Inner propylaeum. |
| 5, Court (αὐλή) surrounded by a colonnade on three sides: the altar to Zeus Herceus is by the entrance. |
| 6, Αἴθουσα, portico of the megaron. |
| 7, Πρόδομος, inner porch. |
| 8, Megaron, with roof supported on four columns, and the circular hearth in the middle. |
| 9, Bath-room and small θάλαμοι. |
| 10, 10, Chambers round the great court. |
| 11, 11, Guard chambers by the main propylaeum. |
| 12, Passage (λαύρη) from the main propylaeum to the second house. |
| 13, 13, Courts of the second house. |
| 14, Megaron. |
| 15, Chambers (θάλαμοι). |
| 16, Passage to the rock-cut stairs. |
| 17, Small postern door in the semicircular bastion, approached by flight of rock-cut steps. |
| 18, 18, Massive outer wall of city. |
| 19, Inner wall to guard the entrance passage. |
| 20, Part of outer wall, with intermediate passage and rows of chambers, as shown in fig. 2. |
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