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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] Gortyn was the Roman capital of Creta et Cyrenaica ...
Ruins of Gortyna. 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).
The Gortyn code (also called the Great Code [1]) was a legal code that was the codification of the civil law of the ancient Greek city-state of Gortyn in southern Crete.
The ancient city Gortys was located in the valley of the river Lousios.It reputedly was founded by Gortys, son of Stymphalus, a legendary king of Arcadia.When Megalopolis was founded in the 4th century BC, many inhabitants moved to the new city, but Gortys was still inhabited in the 2nd century AD, a village belonging to Megalopolis then.
The charter of the church was recognized by law (Law 4149/1961) by the Greek state in 1961, [1] some 50 years after the island's incorporation into Greece. In 1962, the Ecumenical Patriarchate elevated the island's bishoprics to metropolises , and in 1967, the Metropolitan of Crete was promoted to Archbishop.
Gortyn, Crete and Cyrenaica, Roman Empire: Venerated in: Eastern Orthodox Church ... (1 Cor. 4:17, 16.10; 2 Cor. 2:13, 7:6, 13–14, 12:18; and Acts 19.22) all refer ...
Lentas (Ancient Greek: Λεβήνη, romanized: Lebene) was one of the two harbours of Gortyn, which became the most prominent city of Crete after the fall of Knossos. At the beginning of the 4th century BC, the Gortynians established a sanctuary of Asclepius at the harbour.
In its original form, the League lacked common institutions apart from a federal council and a federal court (koinodikion), and leadership was disputed between the cities of Gortyn and Knossos. After the Roman conquest in 67 BC, the island became part of the province of Crete and Cyrenaica , and the League was re-established as a common union ...