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Gortyn, Gortys or Gortyna (Greek: Γόρτυν, Γόρτυς, or Γόρτυνα, pronounced) is a municipality, and an archaeological site, on the Mediterranean island of Crete 45 km (28 mi) away from the island's capital, Heraklion. The seat of the municipality is the village Agioi Deka. [2]
Gortyna / ɡ ɔːr ˈ t aɪ n ə / (Ancient Greek: Γόρτυνα; also known as Gortyn (Γορτύν)) was a town of ancient Crete which appears in the Homeric poems under the form of Γορτύν; [1] [2] but afterwards became usually Gortyna (Γόρτυνα).
Gortyna (Greek: Γόρτυνα), is a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Megalopoli , of which it is a municipal unit. [ 2 ]
Gortys (Ancient Greek: Γόρτυς), [1] or Gortyna (Γόρτυνα), [2] [3] [4] was a town of ancient Arcadia in the district Cynuria, situated near the river Gortynius (Γορτύνιος), also called Lusius (Λούσιος) nearer its sources, which was a tributary of the Alpheius, and was remarkable for the coldness of its waters.
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The Lousios (Greek: Λούσιος; Latin: Lusius), also known in antiquity as Gortynius or Gortynios (Ancient Greek: Γορτύνιος), [1] is a river and a gorge in western Arcadia that stretches from Karytaina north to Dimitsana in Greece.
Our sole source of knowledge of the code is the fragmentary boustrophedon inscription [2] on the circular walls of what might have been a bouleuterion or other public civic building in the agora of Gortyn.
Zoni (Greek: Ζώνη, before 1928: Ζουνάτι - Zounati [2]) is a village in Arcadia, Greece.It is part of the municipal unit of Gortyna.It is situated in the southwestern foothills of the Mainalo mountains, at about 500 m elevation.