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  2. Gortyn - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Epikleros - Wikipedia

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    A section of the Gortyn law code inscription, from the 5th century BCE. An epikleros (ἐπίκληρος; pl.: epikleroi) was an heiress in ancient Athens and other ancient Greek city states, specifically a daughter of a man who had no sons. In Sparta, they were called patrouchoi (πατροῦχοι), as they were in Gortyn.

  4. Gortyna - Wikipedia

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    Excavations of Gortyn were begun in 1884 by the Italian School of Archaeology at Athens. The excavations showed that Gortyn was inhabited from the Neolithic age. Ruins of a settlement on the citadel of Gortyn, were discovered and dated back to 1050 BC, their collapse dating to the seventh century BC. Later the area was fortified with a wall.

  5. Gortyna, Arcadia - Wikipedia

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    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] The municipal unit has an area of 116.205 km 2. [3] Its seat was in the village Karytaina.

  6. Gortyn code - Wikipedia

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    The Gortyn law code grants a modicum of property rights to women in the case of divorce. Divorced women are entitled to any property that they brought to the marriage and half of the joint income if derived from her property. The code also provides for a portion of the household property.

  7. List of Greeks by net worth - Wikipedia

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    Greece: $2.2 billion: Son of Yiannis "John Spyridon" Latsis, owner of EFG International (investment banking), major shareholder in Lamda Development (real estate developer in Greece) 10: 1896: Andreas Martinos & Family Greece: $1.8 billion: owner of Greek shipping firm Minerva Marine 11: 1908: Marianna Latsis & Family Greece: $1.8 billion

  8. Kapetaniana - Wikipedia

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    Kapetaniana (Greek: Καπετανιανά) is a small village in the municipality of Gortyn on the island of Crete in Greece. The village has approximately 50 inhabitants and is built on the slopes of Asterousia Mountains at an altitude of 750m, with views of the Libyan Sea and the Messara Plain .

  9. Ancient Greek law - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Greek laws consist of the laws and legal institutions of ancient Greece.. The existence of certain general principles of law in ancient Greece is implied by the custom of settling a difference between two Greek states, or between members of a single state, by resorting to external arbitration.