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Gortyna

This article is about the ancient town. For the modern town, see Gortyn. For the Arcadian municipal unit, see Gortyna, Arcadia. For the noctuid moth genus, see Gortyna (moth).
"Gortys" redirects here. For the ancient city of Arcadia, see Gortys (Arcadia).
Ruins of Gortyna.

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 of Γορτύν;[1][2] but afterwards became usually Gortyna (Γόρτυνα). According to Stephanus of Byzantium it was originally called Larissa (Λάρισσα) and Cremnia or Kremnia (Κρήμνια).[3]

  1. ^ Homer. Iliad. Vol. 2.646.
  2. ^ Homer. Odyssey. Vol. 3.294.
  3. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Γόρτυνα.

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