PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION

1. The Discovery of the Gortyn Code

2. The Language of the Code

3. The Date and the Purpose of the Legislation

4. The Cretan Social System

5. Property, Marriage and Kinship

6. The Heiress

7. Adultery and Divorce

8. Illegitimate Children

9. Adoption

10. The Administration of Justice

11. Summary of Provisions

12. Diagram

PART TWO: TEXT AND TRANSLATION

Symbols used in the Text

Col. I—XII

PART THREE: COMMENTARY

Col. I

Col. II

Col. III

Col. IV

Col. V

Col. VI

Col. VII

Col. VIII

Col. IX

Col. X

Col. XI

Col. XII

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

EPIGRAPHICAL PUBLICATIONS

PERIODICALS

INDEX OF WORDS AND PHRASES IN THE CODE

INDEX OF DEITIES, PERSONS, PLACES

SUBJECT INDEX

PLATES I—XIII