Talk:Lemnos

Limnos/Lemnos
Given that the Greek name of the island is pronounced as "Limnos", shouldn't it be renamed such? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.244.242.17 (talk) 18:28, 2 July 2012 (UTC)


 * It's a bit in flux, as far as I can tell. Lemnos is the traditional spelling in English and dominates in historical writing, but Limnos (the more straightforward modern transliteration) is starting to become common in contemporary writing (newspapers, tourism, etc.). My impression is that Lemnos is still somewhat more common in English, though, so the article should probably stay here. That might change; German used to have a similar situation, but Limnos seems to be rapidly gaining in German-language writing. --Delirium (talk) 09:34, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

Desert
Lemnos has the only desert in Europe. Should mention this.

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)


 * Someone later added that there are two deserts, the second being the Błędów Desert. This is also wrong. Spain has at least 4 recognized desert areas. See Tabernas desert as an example. WP even has the Category:Deserts_of_Spain MartinezMD (talk) 03:22, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

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)

There is no mention in this article of the all-important Prometheus connection. Eluard (talk) 05:26, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

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)

Curing minerals
Recently heard a report that Lemnos had some earth/minerals that were famous for curing poisoning called Terra Sigelata or Terra SILESIACA. Anyone on Lemnos or elsewhere know anything about this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.215.47.178 (talk) 08:22, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

This is a tradition from antiqutiy about the red soil of Lemnos which the priestess of Artemis at Myrina would collect once a year from Mt. Moschylos. The reference given in R. Parker, 'Artemis Lemnia' Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 99 (1993) 122 is Galen 12.169, 173 K, but I don't know which edition that is. An article length treatment of the subject is M.-H. Marganne, ‘Les médicaments estampillés dans le corpus galénique’ in A. Debru (ed.), Galen on Pharmacology: Philosophy, History and Medicine (Leiden 1997) 153-74. There are comments on how the collection of the red soil relates to the myths of Lemnos in W. Burkert ‘Jason, Hypsipyle, and new fire at Lemnos. A study in myth and ritual’ Classical Quarterly 20 (1970) 1-16. I hope that helps. Ajcee7 (talk) 12:52, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

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Vandalism
I'm not sure how, but it seems that someone was able to vandalize this page by adding a giant Turkish flag to it. Despite that, there is nothing in the page source or history that shows the flag graphic being added. It also seems to have gone away just a few minutes after someone brought it to my attention. And I myself didn't think to screenshot it when I saw it myself. So I only have this image of it. Anyone know how that could've been done ? Edit: After looking back at the page history, it seems to appear on this specific edit of the page. Here is a screenshot of it as well. Dr Ivo Pingas Robotnik (talk) 04:11, 11 January 2023 (UTC)


 * On this note this was found using the Inspect Element tool. Xel3 Thunder (talk) 04:28, 11 January 2023 (UTC)