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Gortyn Gortyn, or Gortys as it was called in ancient times, was the most important Roman town on Crete, but its origins go back to the end of the Bronze Age. The date of the foundation of Gortyn is lost in the depths of time, as is clear from a series of myths that take place in the vicinity. In the 3rd century BCE, Gortyn captured Phaistos and its port, Matala. www.grisel.net /gortyn.htm   (1004 words)

Crete At Gortyn, the capital of the island during Roman rule, a basilica dedicated to Titus was built in the 7th century. Gortys or Gortyn is in the plain of Messara. This inscription at Gortyn is a summary of the laws relating to family law and civil procedure from the 6th century BC This oak tree at Gortin was used for the design of the $2 Greek Euro coin www.wdbydana.com /crete.htm   (1554 words)

Gortyn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) Remains of the Archaic habitation (7th century B.C.) were located in the area of the Acropolis, while the large inscription, the Gortyn Law Code, dated to the 5th century B.C., attests the prosperity of the city, which continued until the Hellenistic period (3rd-2nd century B.C.). Gortyn became an ally of Rome and during the Roman period (1st-5th centuries A.D.) reached the peak of its prosperity as the capital of the province of Crete and Cyrene. Only the famous Code of Gortyn was incorporated and sheltered within a small building in the north circular wall of the Odeion. www.culture.gr /2/21/211/21123a/e211wa09.html   (596 words)

Gortys However by accepting this story, we are confronted with a little problem, because two towns existed with the same name of Gortyn in totally different regions andndash; the first one was in Arcadia and the other one in the southern part of Crete. The Arcadian Gortyn (now Gortis) was located near the river Gortinios, which was known as a river with the coldest water. On the other hand, the Cretan Gortyn in the Mesara Plain was a legendary place in which Zeus brought Europa. www.pantheon.org /articles/g/gortys.html   (523 words)

Archaeology Wordsmith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) Although unimportant in Minoan times, Gortyn displaced Phaestus as the dominant city in the Mesara. The great civic inscription, or "code," of Gortyn, dating to c 450 BC, was discovered in 1884; it is the most extensive monument of Greek law before the Hellenistic Age. A votive deposit associated with an altar on the slope of the hill contained a wide selection of objects from all periods from Late Minoan III through to Roman. www.reference-wordsmith.com /cgi-bin/lookup.cgi?category=&where=headword&terms=Gortyn   (264 words)

Gortyn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gortyn (Greek Γορτυς/Gortys, also Γορτύν/Gortun or Γόρτυνα/Gortuna) is a town in the Greek island of Crete, 45 km away from the capital Heraklion. It was a very important city during the age of the Minoan civilization. Europe was named after Europa, who conceived her first son with Zeus under a plane tree in Gortyn. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gortys   (180 words)

Ancient History Sourcebook: The Law Code of Gortyn (Crete), c. 450 BCE Gortyn was the most important city on the Island under the Romans, and remained so until it was destroyed by Arab pirates in 824 CE. In the 19th Century, a law code from Gortyn on Crete was discovered, dealing fully with family relations and inheritance; less fully with tools, slightly with property outside of the household relations; slightly too, with contracts; but it contains no criminal law or procedure. This (still visible) inscription is the largest document of Greek law in existence (see above for its chance survival), but from other fragments we may infer that this inscription formed but a small fraction of a great code. www.fordham.edu /HALSALL/ANCIENT/450-gortyn.html   (1279 words)

Crete Photo Gallery by Scott at pbase.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) Roman statue at the ruins of the ancient city of Gortyn, capital of the Roman province of Crete and Cyrene (modern Libya). Alter or sarcophagus in the ruins of the Praetorium, Gortyn. Alter of the Temple of the Pythian Apollo, Gortyn. www.pbase.com /castlehunter/crete   (454 words)

Odeion of Gortyn The Odeion was destroyed by the Arabs in A.D. n 1884, parts of the large inscription (Code of Gortyn) were accidentally brought to light. Excavations in the area of the Odeion were begun in 1899 by F. Halbherr and L. Pernier, and completed in 1921. In the north, circular wall of the Odeion, the Code of Gortyn has been built. www.cretefinder.gr /english/iraklio/odeio.htm   (181 words)

Statues of ancient goddesses discovered - Boston.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) The works, representing the goddesses Athena and Hera, date to between the second and fourth centuries -- during the period of Roman rule in Greece -- and originally decorated the Roman theater in the town of Gortyn, archaeologist Anna Micheli from the Italian School of Archaeology told The Associated Press. Standing six feet high with their bases, the works were discovered Tuesday by a team of Italian and Greek archaeologists excavating the ruined theater of Gortyn, about 27 miles south of Iraklion in central Crete. Micheli said the goddesses were toppled from their plinths by a powerful earthquake around A.D. 367 that destroyed the theater and much of the town. www.boston.com /news/science/articles/2005/09/30/statues_of_ancient_goddesses_discovered   (356 words)

Gortyn --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! Its importance lay in its control of the sea route between east and west through its ports of Matalon and Leben. The region has been the centre of Italian archaeological research on Crete since 1884, when the great civic inscription, or “code,” of Gortyn was discovered. Minos obtained the Cretan throne by the aid of the Greek god Poseidon, and from Knossos (or Gortyn) he gained control over the Aegean islands, colonizing many of them and ridding the sea of pirates. www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9037453   (513 words)

Worldrover After viewing the ruins that had brought my husband and me to almost the center of Crete, south of the capital of Heraklion, we followed the signs twisting and turning through narrow deserted alleyways, certain that we were lost and that at any time the signs would end. The ruins at Gortyn were primarily Roman, although the town had been there much longer. Leaving Gortyn we cycled up another steep hill and then meandered up, down and up again to the town of Zaros where we had an impromptu concert given by the traditional music maker at his shop full of lutes, bazoukis, lyres, guitars, mandolins and flutes. www.worldrover.net /archive/0202cypr/VaCrtCyl.htm   (1356 words)

The Labyrinth of Messara, Crete - famous visitors The first foreign traveler to visit the Labyrinth in Gortyn and describe it as an ancient quarry of porous rocks was Cristophoro Bouondelmondi in 1415. In his works, "Description of the Island of Crete," Bouondelmondi confuses, like everyone else at the time, the Knossos Labyrinth with the "hypothetical" (as he calls it) Labyrinth in Gortyn. The same Gortyn, which was no longer the capital of Crete, he names it Knossos (noble city of Knossia). www.explorecrete.com /history/labyrinth-visitors.htm   (751 words)

Naharnet Newsdesk - Roman Theater Goddesses Unearthed in Crete   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) The works, representing the goddesses Athena and Hera, date to between the 2nd and 4th centuries -- a period of Roman rule in Greece -- and originally decorated the Roman theater in the town of Gortyn, archaeologist Anna Micheli from the Italian School of Archaeology told The Associated Press. A team of Italian and Greek archaeologists discovered the statues Tuesday while excavating the ruined theater of Gortyn, some 44 kilometers (27 miles) south of Iraklion in central Crete. The goddesses, each standing 2 meters (6.6 feet) high with their bases, were toppled from their plinths by a powerful earthquake around the year 367, which destroyed the theater and much of the town, Micheli said. www.naharnet.com /domino/tn/NewsDesk.nsf/Culture/090D21857D8B07DBC225708C004CD141?OpenDocument   (382 words)

The Great Incription of the Law code of Gortyn The Great Inscription of Gortyn was discovered 120 years ago and was named "Mother of all Inscriptions", as it the biggest ancient Greek inscription ever found. It contains the Law Code of ancient Gortyn which is the oldest legislative text in Europe. This book aims at giving the visitors to Crete the opportunity to learn more about this significant spiritual creation of ancient Cretans, which constitutes a valuable "mine" of information on the status of legal institutions in ancient Greece. cretashop.gr /br/productsbr/booksbr/9608834198.htm   (296 words)

Eikon: Object Detail   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) Commentary: Gortyn was inhabited from the Neolithic period until the 9th century CE, and is the home of the well-known Code of Gortyn. The Odeion dates to the 1st century CE, during the Roman occupation of Gortyn. The Code of Gortyn is housed in a covered structure abutting the Odeion's northern wall. research.yale.edu:8084 /divdl/eikon/objectdetail.jsp?objectid=5256   (86 words)

CBC News: Goddess statues discovered on Crete   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) A team of Italian and Greek archaeologists discovered the statues Tuesday while excavating the ruined theatre of Gortyn, about 45 kilometres south of Iraklion in central Crete. Europa conceived her first son with Zeus under a tree in Gortyn. Hopes were running high that other parts of the theatre's sculptural decoration would emerge during the excavation. cbc.ca /story/science/national/2005/09/30/crete_statues20050930.html   (275 words)

Odion and Code of Gortyn - Gortyn (Gortina) - Crete TOURnet The Roman Odion was built with the stones of a previous building and thus the famous Law Code of Gortyn was preserved within the back walls of the Odion. The Law Code of Gortyn dates from the seventh century B.C. and is one of the major archaeological discoveries of the Greek world. Marriage and divorce, the sale of property, mortgages, inheritance rights, adoption rules, rape and other crimes, the legal position of slaves, and many other aspects of life are addressed and delineated. www.crete.tournet.gr /sights/Odion_and_Code_of_Gortyn-si-690-en.jsp   (196 words)

Twelve Tables of Gortyn * People, Places, & Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant Twelve Tables of Gortyn * People, Places, and Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant A series of municipal laws which were found inscribed on a wall in the city of Gortyn on the island of Crete and are assumed to be from the fourth or fifth century BCE; they are also referred to as the Code of Gortyn. Return to Twelve Tables of Gortyn in the Dictionary www.messagenet.com /myths/ppt/Twelve_Tables_of_Gortyn_1.html   (272 words)

Dartmouth Foreign Programs in Greece 2003 After lunch, we were graced with a quiz reconstructing part of the palace at Phaistos. We then excitedly hopped back on the bus to cruise the mountain roads back to Herakleion, with a brief stop at the Greek-Roman city of Gortyn. On the boat, we distinctly felt it when we got out of the safe harbors of Herakleion and the ship has been careening drunkenly ever since, including through our third quiz of the day (on The Iliad). www.dartmouth.edu /~classics/greece2003/updates/week3_4/april5.html   (584 words)

Roman Theatre Goddesses Unearthed In Crete (Athena & Hera)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) The works, representing the goddesses Athena and Hera, date to between the 2nd and 4th centuries – a period of Roman rule in Greece – and originally decorated the Roman theatre in the town of Gortyn, archaeologist Anna Micheli from the Italian School of Archaeology told The Associated Press. A team of Italian and Greek archaeologists discovered the statues on Tuesday while excavating the ruined theatre of Gortyn, some 27 miles south of Iraklion in central Crete. The goddesses, each standing 6.6ft-high with their bases, were toppled from their plinths by a powerful earthquake around the year 367, which destroyed the theatre and much of the town, Micheli said. www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1494397/posts   (1063 words)

[No title] "The Organization of the Gortyn Law Code," GRBS 23 (1982) 129-46. "The Testimony of Witnesses in the Gortyn Laws," GRBS 25 (1984) 345-49. "The First Law of the Gortyn Code Revisited," GRBS 36 (1995) 7-15. www.utexas.edu /depts/classics/faculty/gagarin/mgpub.html   (1103 words)

LP: Statues of Ancient Goddesses Discovered Also in Gortyn is an Odeon or small theatre primarily for musical performances. One plaque is in the Louvre, seven others are missing, and some pieces have been used in the later buildings. Also at Gortyn is the evergreen tree (planos) that marks the spot where Zeus, in the form of a bull, consummated his affair with Europa who gave birth to the first three kings of Crete: Minos, Rhadamanthes, and Sarpedon, who ruled Knossos, Phaistos, and Malia, respectively. www.libertypost.org /cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=111519   (2016 words)

Abebooks Search Results - Triada Crete, Knossos, Phaistos, Aghia Triada, Gortyn, Malia, Zakros, Gournia, Herakleion Museum. Davaras Costis: Phaistos Hagia Triada Gortyn Kurzer bebilderter archäol... Phaistos - Hagia Triada - Gortyn - Ephor der Altertümer - kurzer bebilderter archäologischer Führer www.abebooks.co.uk /search/sortby/3/kn/Triada   (1110 words)

Code of Gortyn * People, Places, & Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant Code of Gortyn * People, Places, and Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant A series of municipal laws which were found inscribed on a wall in the city of Gortyn on the island of Crete and are assumed to be from the fourth or fifth century BCE; they are also referred to as the Twelve Tables of Gortyn. Return to Code of Gortyn in the Dictionary www.messagenet.com /myths/ppt/Code_of_Gortyn_1.html   (276 words)

Crete, Greece - Gortys / Gortis / Gortyn (Heraklion prefecture): Roman statue of the Emperor Antoninus Pius - marble ... Crete, Greece - Gortys / Gortis / Gortyn (Heraklion prefecture): Roman statue of the Emperor Antoninus Pius - marble statue (photo by A.Stepanenko) - Travel-Images.com crete93: Crete, Greece - Gortys / Gortis / Gortyn (Heraklion prefecture): Roman statue of the Emperor Antoninus Pius - marble statue (photo by A.Stepanenko) Unless otherwise agreed publishers must state the name of the photographers whose pictures they use clearly identifying the author of each photograph. www.travel-images.com /photo-crete93.html   (285 words)

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