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Gortyna
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
GORTYNA . The most important city in Crete, after Gnossus, situated about midway between the two ends of the island. It is named ( 1Ma 15:23 ) among the autonomous States and communes to which were sent copies of the decree of the Roman Senate in favour of the Jews.
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Gortyna'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/g/gortyna.html. 1909.