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352 RELATION OF HALLS AT KNOSSOS AND TIRYNS

Analogy Mutatis mutandis, the relation of the ' Men's Megaron ' at Tiryns to

byPrPeia- the smaller ' Megaron' attributed to the women supplies a very near analogy
two halls t0 t^at 'n wmcn tne ' Hall of the Double Axes' stands to the neighbouring
at Tiryns. ' Queen's Megaron'. When, moreover, it is remembered that in the case of

Fig. 232. Plan showing Part of the Later Akropolis (L. M. Ill) at Tiryns with
Propyla and Palace Halls.

the| Tiryns ' Megaron' the existing plans are largely based on the sub-
structures of walls, and that door openings may have existed in places where
they have not been recognized, the possibility remains open that the parallel
was still closer than appears from the Plan, Fig. 232, here reproduced for
comparison,1 and that. the connexion between the two Tirynthian halls,
if still by a roundabout route, was somewhat more direct than is there

1 From G. Rodenwaldt, Tiryns, ii, p. 2, Oberburg von Tiryns.