Gortyna

Ruins of Gortyna.

Gortyna /ɡɔːrˈtnə/ (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.