Gortys
Family: Tegean royal family · Role: son of Tegeates · First appears: Book 8 · Chapter 53
In Book 8, Chapter 53, Gortys is named among the remaining sons of Tegeates, alongside his brothers Cydon and Archedius. The three migrated to Crete and gave their names to towns; the account says they went “of their own accord.” The same chapter also calls Gortys a son of Rhadamanthus.
Relationship record
Life events
- Cydon, Archedius, and Gortys migrated to Crete and gave their names to towns.(Book 8 · Chapter 53 · 📍 Crete)
Book 8 · Chapter 53
- parent: Tegeates “And the remaining sons of Tegeates, Cydon and Archedius and Gortys, migrated they say of their own accord to Crete”
- siblings with Cydon “And the remaining sons of Tegeates, Cydon and Archedius and Gortys, migrated they say of their own accord to Crete”
- siblings with Archedius “And the remaining sons of Tegeates, Cydon and Archedius and Gortys, migrated they say of their own accord to Crete”
- parent: Rhadamanthus “Gortys the son of Rhadamanthus.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.