Tiryns
Tiryns 37° 35' 58" N, 22° 47' 59" E was a hill fort with occupation ranging back seven thousand years, from before the beginning of the Bronze Age. It reached its height between 1400 and 1200 BC. Its most notable features were its palace, its cyclopean tunnels and especially its walls, which gave the city its Homeric epithet of "mighty walled Tiryns"
The construction of walls of Tiryns is attributed to Proetus, brother of the king of Argos Acrisius. According to the legend, Proetus pursued by his brother resorted to Lycia, but with the help of the people there he managed to return to Argolis, occupied and fortified Tiryns with the assistance of the Cyclops.
So the legend is linking the three Argolic centers, Argos, Tiryns and Mycenae with three mythical heroes, and more specifically Acrisius, his brother Proetus, and his grandson Perseus, the founder of Mycenae. But the tradition was born at the beginning of the historical times, at a time when Argos was fighting to become the hegemonic power in the area, and had the need to feel a glorious past no less than the two neighboring acropolises.
The strong walls of Tiryns were very dangerous for the Doric colony of Argos. When Kleomenis of Sparta defeated the Argives, their slaves occupied Tiryns for many years, according to Herodotus. Herodotus also mentions that Tiryns took part in the battle of Plataea (See Thermopylae) in 480 BC with 400 hoplites (soldiers).
It is referenced in the following articles Eurystheus, Eurytos, Herakles, Medousa and Perseus
