Talk:Fortunate Isles

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Earliest mention

Does anyone know what the earliest (at least extant) mention of the Fortunate Isles or the Isles of the Blessed are? And which of these two terms that was used first, and when. If it is in fact the two mentionings that already is in the article I think it should be made more clear. -GabaG (talk) 01:20, 17 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Azores the 'Happy' or 'Fortunate' Isles of European mythology?

The Azores are the right distance from Europe, and two of the main islands are as the Greeks said - long and separated by a narrow strait (Isla do Pico and Sao Jorge). Recent discoveries of Iron Age anchors, burial niches, extensive stepped pyramids and ship-dragging grooves in the rocks may suggest that the Fortunate isles existed and were located in the Azores. Careful examination of satellite imagery shows multiple ancient stone enclosures, harbours and possible buildings. Just inland from Ponta do Malmorendo, for example, on the island of Sao Pedro (the closest island to Europe), are at least 12 large circular earthworks of a similar kind to Iron Age land dyke-works in Europe. There are in addition several large enclosures in square shape in the same area. The circular dykes are laid out in a distinctive pattern. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:34F0:C300:98B5:1E8F:AA23:B41C (talk) 08:34, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Require clarification

"Later on the islands were said to lie in the Western Ocean near the encircling River Oceanus"

Later than what? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.93.208.34 (talk) 07:12, 26 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

semi-legendary?

How are these islands "semi-legendary" instead of just legendary? Herostratus (talk) 23:48, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]