page_title: Gortyna
section_title: Monuments
hierarchical_section_title: Gortyna / Monuments
caption_attribution_description: English: Odeon, excavation site Gortys, Crete, Greece Deutsch: Das Odeon, Ausgrabungsstätte Gortys, Kreta, Griechenland
context_page_description: Gortyna, or Gortyn, was a town of ancient Crete which appears in the Homeric poems, under the form of Γορτύν; but afterwards became usually Gortyna. According to Stephanus of Byzantium it was originally called Larissa and Cremnia or Kremnia.
context_section_description: The heart of Roman Gortyn is the Praetorium, the seat of the Roman Governor of Crete. The Praetorium was built in the 1st century AD, but it was altered significantly over the next eight centuries. In the same area, between the Agora and the temple of Apollo are the ruins of the Roman baths (thermae), as well as the temple of Apollo, an honorary arch, and the temple of the Egyptian deities with the worship statues of Isis, Serapis and Anubis. Parts of the Roman settlement, such as the theater (2nd century AD), have been unearthed during excavations. The theater has two entrances and a half-circular orchestra, the outline of which may still be seen today. Behind the Roman Theater are what has been called the "Queen of the Inscriptions". These inscriptions are the laws of the city of Gortyn, which are inscribed in the Dorian dialect on large stone slabs and are still plainly visible.
caption: Detail of the ancient Odeon
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