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    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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    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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    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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    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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