I
Rhadamanthus
In the Cretan account, father of the eponym Gortys; Apollodorus has him legislate for the islands before his exile to Boeotia. Tegeans instead derive Gortys from Tegeates.1
II
Gortys
Eponym of Gortyna — son of Rhadamanthys in Cretan tradition, or a migrating son of Tegeates in the Tegean story that also names Cydonia and Catreus from his brothers.2
III
Idomeneus
Homeric captain of the Cretans who held Cnosus and Gortys among the hundred cities — listed here as the epic lord of wall-famed Gortys, not a Knossos-only succession dump.3
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the spine ignites as you read · the reign index on the card follows your place · starred rulers link to their codices
HER SKY
a mini-galaxy of 10 dwellers
the sky drifts, waiting
ON THE MAP
in Crete
Coordinates: Pleiades gazetteer, CC BY · place 589884