DCML digest, Vol 1 #590 - 12 msgs

Halsten Aastebol Halsten.Aastebol at elkraft.ntnu.no
Wed Jun 27 14:23:07 CEST 2001


At 14:02 27.06.01 +0300, Kriton Kyrimis wrote:


>ROB:
>
> > These people lived in
> > ...
> > Hellenes
>
>Is there really a town in Norway called Hellenes?!?!?
>
>For those who don't know, "Hellenes" is the Roman alphabet transcription
>of the name we Greeks use for ourselves, in the same way that our
>country's name is "Hellas" rather than "Greece".

This should probably be Hellesnes, a very small village on the southern tip 
of Norway. There is also Helleneset, but that's a peninsula in the opposite 
end of Norway.

Rob also mentioned Natwig. I have no idea where this might be. Rob?

Halsten




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