[646] Κνωσόν: the principal city of the island.
Γόρτυνα: the Cretan city next to Cnosus in importance. Here in 1884 was discovered a long inscription (prob. of the fifth century B.C.) containing a code of laws. τειχιόεσσαν: cf. v. 559.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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