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MACEDONIAN SETTLERS IN SIXTH-CENTURY CRETE?

MACEDONIAN SETTLERS IN SIXTH-CENTURY CRETE? MACEDONIAN SETTLERS IN SIXTH-CENTURY CRETE? S. SPYRIDAKIS/DAVIS, CAL. In 1931 Prof. Spyridon Marinatos found in Crete a sepulchral plaque of bluish-gray marble and published it shortly thereafter. 1 The find, which came from the modern village of Metropolis in the region of ancient Gortyna is now housed in the Herakleion Historical Museum and bears the inscription:2 +5 . . . 5 [] () ()() () , () , () + Subsequently the epitaph for Aristeas has been cursorily examined by experts in Cretan epigraphy who have variously interpreted the meaning of (1.2) and the relation of Aristeas to the Church of the Thessalonians. Gerola3 theorized that simply means a resident of New Gortyna (), a name he gives to the Christian city built by the Byzantines on the ruins of ancient Gortyna, which had been totally destroyed during the Arab occupation of Crete (A. D. 824-961). This Interpretation is purely speculative and has been rightly rejected by all subsequent scholiasts of the inscription since its dating in the post-Arab period is late and there is no evidence for s the name of the Christian city. The last of the editors of the epitaph A. Bandy, however, is also http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Byzantinische Zeitschrift de Gruyter

MACEDONIAN SETTLERS IN SIXTH-CENTURY CRETE?

SPYRIDAKIS, S.
Byzantinische Zeitschrift , Volume 79 (2) – Jan 1, 1986
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MACEDONIAN SETTLERS IN SIXTH-CENTURY CRETE? S. SPYRIDAKIS/DAVIS, CAL. In 1931 Prof. Spyridon Marinatos found in Crete a sepulchral plaque of bluish-gray marble and published it shortly thereafter. 1 The find, which came from the modern village of Metropolis in the region of ancient Gortyna is now housed in the Herakleion Historical Museum and bears the inscription:2 +5 . . . 5 [] () ()() () , () , () + Subsequently the epitaph for Aristeas has been cursorily examined by experts in Cretan epigraphy who have variously interpreted the meaning of (1.2) and the relation of Aristeas to the Church of the Thessalonians. Gerola3 theorized that simply means a resident of New Gortyna (), a name he gives to the Christian city built by the Byzantines on the ruins of ancient Gortyna, which had been totally destroyed during the Arab occupation of Crete (A. D. 824-961). This Interpretation is purely speculative and has been rightly rejected by all subsequent scholiasts of the inscription since its dating in the post-Arab period is late and there is no evidence for s the name of the Christian city. The last of the editors of the epitaph A. Bandy, however, is also

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Published: Jan 1, 1986

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