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Gortyn Code Inscriptions

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    1. Gortyn Code Inscriptions – Odeon of Gortyna loop from Mitropoli

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    November 18, 2025

    The archaeological site of Gortyn is famous for the "Great Inscription," the oldest known law code in Europe.

    Gortyn (Ancient Greek: Γορτύν, also Γόρτυνα Gortyna, Modern Greek: Γόρτυς Gortys) was an ancient city in central southern Crete, about 40 kilometers south of Heraklion near Agii Deka in the Messara Plain. The name may derive from the Proto-Indo-European word *ghordh, meaning "city."

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      November 18, 2025

      The various founding myths all refer to the legendary King Minos. Traces of early settlement do indeed date back to the Neolithic period; a Minoan settlement was located in the southwestern part of the area. In Homer's Iliad, Gortyn is mentioned in the catalog of ships in Book Two, line 646 (German translation by Johann Heinrich Voss).

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        April 24, 2019

        One of the best preserved documents of ancient Greek jurisprudence from the fifth century BC. The Romans probably built these stone tablets only for decorative purposes in their Odeon ((theater), since one can assume that they could not read these texts.

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