Ollivanders' origin (was: Ollivander a Dragon Slayer?)

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 94643

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "nkafkafi" <nkafkafi at y...> 
wrote:
> Carol:
> <snip>
> As for Mr. Ollivander having been alive since 382 B.C., Nicholas
> Flamel needed the elixir of life to live to 666 (or whatever his age
> was at the end of SS/PS). Also, the sign in Mr. Ollivander's shop
> window says "Makers of fine wands since 382 B.C." 

Neri:
> I wonder what country did the Ollivanders came from? Britain wasn't 
> very civilized in the forth century B.C., and "Ollivander" doesn't 
> sound British. 

Geoff:
The fact that Ollivander's have been makers of fine wands since 382 
BC does not mean that the shop has been /based/ in the UK since then. 
Bearing in mind that at that time in history, the Mediterranean was 
more the centre of culture and civilisation, I suspect they were down 
thataway.