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Subject: Re: You rang (Part II)
Author: HyperPavlos   (guest, 195.97.122.243)
Date: June 24, 2001 at 5:26:45 AM
Reply to: You rang? by HyperPavlos
Actually the Altis described above is with an "eta" ("Altes").
Altis (with an "iota")was the sacred forest of Zeus in Olympia. Hence, "Altios" of "Altius" could quite plausibly be "an inhabitant of Altis".

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