. , but the system of decoration, thepainted ceilings (in Egyptian patterns), andthe vases which have been found have supple- 3 Q 962 TISAMENUS TITANES merited the richer discoveries of Mycenae. Asregards the history, although there are strikinganalogies to Phoenician architecture in thewalls ( to the walls of Carthage), yet it isprobable that those are right who regard theremains as proving a Lydian origin for thedynasty, so-called, of Proetus and Perseus [seeMycenae]. Again, though some argue thatthe ruins testify to a much ear
. , but the system of decoration, thepainted ceilings (in Egyptian patterns), andthe vases which have been found have supple- 3 Q 962 TISAMENUS TITANES merited the richer discoveries of Mycenae. Asregards the history, although there are strikinganalogies to Phoenician architecture in thewalls ( to the walls of Carthage), yet it isprobable that those are right who regard theremains as proving a Lydian origin for thedynasty, so-called, of Proetus and Perseus [seeMycenae]. Again, though some argue thatthe ruins testify to a much earlier destruction,it does not yet appear that anything has dis-proved the statement of Pausanias, that thedestruction was in the fifth century In-deed, there are remains of a small Doric templeof the seventh century The report of itsdeserted state which Pausanias gives is cer-tainly borne out by the excavations, which seemto show that the site was hardly, if at all,occupied for many centuries, until the date ofByzantine tombs and a Byzantine Gallery at Tiryns. Tisamenus (). 1. Son of Orestesand Hermione, was king of Argos, but wasdeprived of his kingdom when the Heraclidaeinvaded Peloponnesus. He was slain in a battleagainst the Heraclidae, and his tomb was after-wards shown at Helice, from which place hisremains were subsequently removed to Spartaby command of an oracle. (Paus. ii. 18, 5, vii. 1,3; Apollod. ii. 8, 2.)—2. Son of Thersander andDemonassa, was king of Thebes, and the fatherof Autesion (Hdt. iv. 147; Paus. iii. 15, 4).— Elean soothsayer, of the family of the Cly-tiadae. He was assured by the Delphic oraclethat he should be successful in five great con-flicts. Supposing this to be a promise of dis-tinction as an athlete, he devoted himself togymnastic exercises ; but the Spartans, under-standing the oracle to refer, not to gymnastic,but to military victories, made great offers toTisamenus to induce him to take with theirkings th
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