How old was Legolas?(again)

[Legolas]

It is also occurs to me that he is at least older than 500, perhaps much older than that. I forgot to mention this quote earlier.

From III, 6; 'The King of the Golden Hall':

'Look!' said Gandalf. 'How fair are the bright eyes in the grass! Evermind they are called, simbelmynë in this land of Men, for they blossom in all the seasons of the year, and grow where dead men rest. Behold! we are come to the great barrows where the sires of Théoden sleep.'
'Seven mounds upon the left, and nine upon the right,' said Aragorn. 'Many long lives of men it is since the golden hall was built.'
'Five hundred times have the red leaves fallen in Mirkwood in my home since then,' said Legolas, 'and but a little while does that seem to us.'

[ November 21, 2003: Message edited by: Legolas ]