Gortyna
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Gortyna was a town of ancient Crete which appears in the Homeric poems under the form of Γορτύν; but afterwards became usually Gortyna. According to Stephanus of Byzantium it was originally called Lar
Ruins of Gortyna.
Detail of the ancient Odeon
Saint Titus Basilica
Fragmentary boustrophedon inscription (code of law) in the agora of Gortyna.
Gortyn
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Gortyn, Gortys or Gortyna is a municipality, and an archaeological site, on the Mediterranean island of Crete 45 km away from the island's capital, Heraklion. The seat of the municipality is the villa
Gortyna
…through the winter, and which the people believed to have covered the marriage-bed of Europa and the metamorphosed Zeus. The site of Gortyna is at modern Gortyn, where extensive ruins of the ancient town remain. It is a major archaeological site in Crete. Excavations of Gortyn were begun in 1884 by the Italian…
Inheritance regulations, fragment of the 11th column of the Law Code of Gortyn, Louvre