Gortyn, Gortys or Gortyna (Greek: Γόρτυν, Γόρτυς, or Γόρτυνα, pronounced [ˈɣortina]) is a municipality, and an archaeological site, on the Mediterranean...
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The Gortyn code (also called the Great Code) was a legal code that was the codification of the civil law of the ancient Greek city-state of Gortyn in southern...
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Marriage in ancient Greece (section In Ancient Gortyn)
information available about marriage in the city of Gortyn in ancient times, in the form of the legal text the Gortyn code. The ancient Greek legislators considered...
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Gortyna /ɡɔːrˈtaɪnə/ (Ancient Greek: Γόρτυνα; also known as Gortyn (Γορτύν)) was a town of ancient Crete which appears in the Homeric poems under the form...
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Slavery in ancient Greece (section Slaves in Gortyn)
was prosecuted, at least occasionally. A fragment of the Gortyn code in Gortyn, Crete In Gortyn, in Crete, according to a code engraved in stone dating...
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Roman aqueducts | Gortyn(a) (Greece / Crete). [Gortyn] Wikimapia location: Gortyn Roman circus. [Gortyn] The Circus | Circus of Gortyn at circusmaximus...
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Church of Crete (redirect from Metropolis of Gortyn and Arkadia)
composed of: the Archbishopric of Crete, based at Heraklion the Metropolis of Gortyn and Arkadia, based at Moires the Metropolis of Rethymno and Mylopotamos...
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Inheritance law, part of the Law Code of Gortyn, Crete, fragment of the 11th column. Limestone, 5th century BC...
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standard form (either rounded or pointed, ), there were forms as varied as (Gortyn), and (Thera), (Argos), (Melos), (Corinth), (Megara, Byzantium), and (Cyclades)...
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cities that prospered on Crete during those times are Kydonia, Lato, Dreros, Gortyn and Eleutherna. In the Classical and Hellenistic period Crete fell into...
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