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GORTYNA, or GORTYN

GORTYNA, or GORTYN , an important See also:

ancient See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city on the with. By the end of 1718 it seemed as if See also:

GORTZ, GEORG HEINRICH VON, BARON VON SCHUTZ (1668-1719)

Gortz's See also:

SYSTEM

system could not go on much longer, and the hatred of the Swedes towards him was so intense and universal that they blamed him for See also:

Charles XII.'s tyranny as well as for his own. GOrtz hoped, however, to conclude See also:

peace with at least some of See also:

Sweden's numerous enemies before the See also:

CRASH

crash came and then, by means of fresh combinations, to restore Sweden to her See also:

RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank as a See also:

GREAT

great See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power. It must be admitted that, in pursuance of his " system," GOrtz displayed a See also:

GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius for See also:

DIPLOMACY (Fr. diplomatic)

diplomacy which would have done See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour to a Metternich or a Talleyrand. He desired peace with See also:

Russia first of all, and at the See also:

CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

congress of Aland even obtained relatively favourable terms, only to have them rejected by his obstinately optimistic See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master. Simultaneously, Gortz was negotiating with See also:

CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

Cardinal See also:

ALBERONI, GIULIO (1664-1752)

Alberoni and with the whigs in See also:

England; but all his ingenious combinations collapsed like a See also:

house of See also:

CARDS, PLAYING

cards on the sudden See also:

DEATH

death of Charles XII. The whole fury of the See also:

SWEDISH

Swedish nation instantly See also:

fell upon Gortz. After a trial before a See also:

SPECIAL

special See also:

COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission which was a See also:

PARODY (Gr. s-apybia, literally a song sung beside, a comic parallel)

parody of See also:

JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice—the accused was not permitted to have any legal assistance or the use of See also:

writing materials—he was condemned to decapitation and promptly executed. Perhaps Gortz deserved his See also:

FATE

fate for " unnecessarily making himself the See also:

TOOL (0. Eng. tdl, generally referred to a root seen in the Goth. taujan, to make, or in the English word " taw," to work or dress leather)

tool of an unheard-of despotism," but his death was certainly a judicial See also:

MURDER

murder, and some historians even regard him as a See also:

POLITICAL

political See also:

MARTYR (Gr. pimp or µaprvs)

martyr. See R. N. See also:

Bain, Charles XII.

(See also:

LONDON

London, 1895), and Scandinavia, See also:

CHAP

chap. 12 (See also:

Cambridge, 19o5) ; B. von See also:

BESKOW, BERNHARD VON, BARON (1796-1868)

Beskow, Freherre Georg Heinrich von Gortz (See also:

STOCKHOLM

Stockholm, 1868). (R. N. B.) See also:

SOUTHERN

southern See also:

side of the See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

CRETE (Gr. Kp;rrrr; Turk. Kirid, Ital. Candia)

Crete. It stood on the See also:

banks of the small See also:

RIVER

river Lethaeus (Mitropolipotamo), about three See also:

HOURS, CANONICAL

hours distant from the See also:

sea, with which it communicated by means of its two harbours, Metallum and Lebena. It had temples of See also:

APOLLO (Gr. 'A2r6XXwv,'Airkkhwv)

Apollo Pythius, See also:

ARTEMIS

Artemis and See also:

ZEUS

Zeus. Near the See also:

TOWN

town was the famous See also:

FOUNTAIN (Late Lat. fontana, from ions, a spring)

fountain of Sauros, inclosed by See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit-bearing poplars; and not far from this was another See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring, overhung by an ever-See also:

green See also:

PLANE

plane See also:

tree which in popular belief marked the See also:

SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of the amours of Zeus and See also:

EUROPA (or rather, EUROPE)

Europa. Gortyna was, next to See also:

CNOSSUS

Cnossus, the largest and most powerful city of Crete. The two cities combined to subdue the See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the island; but when they had gained their See also:

OBJECT

object they quarrelled with each other, and the See also:

HISTORY

history of both towns is from this See also:

time little more than a See also:

RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record of their feuds. Neither plays a conspicuous See also:

PART

part in the history of See also:

GREECE

Greece. Under the See also:

Romans Gortyna became the See also:

METROPOLIS (Gr. piir17Pi mother, srGXis, city)

metropolis of the island.

Extensive ruins may still be seen at the See also:

MODERN

modern See also:

VILLAGE

village of Hagii Deka, and here was discovered the great inscription containing chapters of its ancient See also:

LAWS

laws. Though partly ruinous, the See also:

church of St See also:

Titus is a very interesting See also:

MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument of See also:

early See also:

Christian See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, dating from about the 4th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century. See also CRETE, and for a full See also:

account of the laws see See also:

GREEK See also:

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