Talk:Lemnos

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Andre Engels: just to note, the curly quotes you're putting in don't read as curly quotes to everyone. On a Mac they come over as a question mark. I changed them back.

How did "Greek Byzantines" defend the island in 1476, when the empire fell to the Turks in 1453? "In 1476 the Venetians and Greek Byzantines successfully defended Kotschinos against a Turkish siege"

The empire did not fall to the Turks in 1453 - Constantinople did. The empire had begun to fall to the Turks since the 13th century, and parts of it did not fall to the Turks until the mid-18th century.Ngpyron (talk) 14:47, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ágios Efstrátios (Άγιος Ευστράτιος) (?)

Since this article is about the island of Lemnos, does Agios Efstratios even belong here, since it is on a separate island? Backspace 04:14, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it belongs here, because the two islands are close together, and the few people who live on Agios Efstratios depend on Lemnos for their daily needs in foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, etc.Ngpyron (talk) 14:47, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

And it belongs in the list of communities governed from Lemnos.--Wetman (talk) 17:42, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

It is very interresting to mention here a noun with unknown origin "lemn" that means wood or timber in the Romanian language.[[User:sorinutsu}]] 15:12, 6 November 2007 (UTC)sorinutsu@hotmail.com

No relationship, really. If anything, the word Lemnos comes from an early Greek or Phoenician word which means "the bright" or "shiny one". There were never forests in Lemnos, either. Ngpyron (talk) 14:47, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

No, all the islands of the Aegean and the surrounding coastal plains were wooded. Deforestation began in the Bronze Age, resulting in the mysterious silted harbors one reads of everywhere in the first millennium BCE. The goat is the mother of poverty, remember.--Wetman (talk) 17:42, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Olives

I just removed the sentence saying no olive trees grow here, and added olives as one of the foodstuffs grown on Lemnos. I was there a few months ago and there was an olive tree right in front of our hotel, and many other olive trees all over the island. I don't know what percentage are harvested/cured for consumption, but I can't imagine that every one of these trees is purely decorative. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.254.70.76 (talk) 19:34, 3 April 2008 (UTC)