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Kritische Geschichte Der Meinungen Und Hypothesen Zu Platons Atlantis Kritische Geschichte der Meinungen und Hypothesen zu Platons Atlantis Von der Antike über das Mittelalter bis zur Moderne – Band 1 Thorwald C. Franke www.atlantis-scout.de Books on Demand Norderstedt 2021 Bibliographische Information der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek: Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek verzeichnet diese Publikation in der Deutschen Nationalbibliographie; detaillierte bibliographische Daten sind im Internet über dnb.d-nb.de abrufbar. Vom selben Autor: Mit Herodot auf den Spuren von Atlantis. Aristoteles und Atlantis. Platonische Mythen – Was sie sind und was sie nicht sind. Als Herausgeber: Gunnar Rudberg: Atlantis and Syracuse. Addenda & Corrigenda werden auf der Internetseite www.atlantis-scout.de gesammelt. Zweite, korrigierte, erweiterte und in zwei Bände aufgespaltene Auflage 2021. Die erste Auflage war 2016 erschienen. © 2021 by Thorwald C. Franke. Alle Rechte liegen beim Autor. Dieses Werk ist einschließlich aller seiner Teile urheberrechtlich geschützt. Jede Verwertung außerhalb der Grenzen des Urheberrechtsgesetzes ist ohne Zustimmung des Autors unzulässig und strafbar. Das gilt insbesondere für Vervielfältigung, Übersetzung, Mikroverfilmung, Ver- filmung und die Einspeicherung und Verarbeitung in elektronischen Systemen. Konzeption, Text, Layout und Umschlaggestaltung: Thorwald C. Franke. Herstellung und Verlag: Books on Demand GmbH, Norderstedt. Printed in Germany. ISBN 978-3-7534-9202-5 Inhaltsverzeichnis Vorwort............................................................................................................27 Selbsterklärung.........................................................................................29 Vorwort zur zweiten Auflage.........................................................................31 Einführung.......................................................................................................33 1. Die Antike.....................................................................................................37 1.1 Antike Erwähnungen..........................................................................37 Theophrast von Eresos (ca. 371-287 v.Chr.).......................................................38 Krantor von Soloi (bis 275 v.Chr.)......................................................................39 Krantor – Ein Beleg für Atlantis unabhängig von Platon?.................................40 Krantor – Atlantis als Spielball im Streit um Platons Originalität.....................42 Krantor – Atlantis als Spielball ptolemäischer Propaganda...............................44 Krantor – Schlussworte........................................................................................45 Poseidonios von Apameia (135-51 v.Chr.)..........................................................46 Strabon von Amaseia (ca. 63 v.Chr. - 23 n.Chr.)................................................48 Philon von Alexandria (ca. 15 v.Chr. - 40 n.Chr.)..............................................48 Plinius der Ältere (23-79 n.Chr.).........................................................................49 Plutarch von Chaironeia (ca. 45-125 n.Chr.)......................................................50 Plutarch – Exkurs: Der Name des ägyptischen Priesters....................................52 Loukios Kalbenos Tauros (um 150 n.Chr.)..........................................................54 Numenios von Apameia (um 150 n.Chr.).............................................................55 Clemens von Alexandria (ca. 150-215 n.Chr.)....................................................56 Tertullian (ca. 150-220 n.Chr.)............................................................................58 Athenaios von Naukratis (um 200 n.Chr.)...........................................................59 Galenos von Pergamon (ca. 130-214 n.Chr.)......................................................60 Marcellus (Datierung unbekannt)........................................................................61 Sextus Iulius Africanus (ca. 165-240 n.Chr.).......................................................62 Claudius Aelianus (ca. 175-235 n.Chr.)..............................................................62 Diogenes Laertios (3. Jhdt. n.Chr.).....................................................................64 1.2 Antike Nichterwähnungen vor Platon................................................65 Exkurs: Keine Erwähnung vor bzw. unabhängig von Platon?............................66 Exkurs: Typische Grundmuster des Irrens bei Nichterwähnungen.....................66 Ägyptische Mythologie (ab etwa 3000 v.Chr.).....................................................67 Ägyptische Mythologie – Der Urhügel über dem Urgewässer............................68 Ägyptische Mythologie – Das Buch der Himmelskuh..........................................68 Ägyptische Mythologie – Das „Totenbuch“ der Ägypter....................................68 Ägyptische Königslisten (ab etwa 3000 v.Chr.)...................................................69 Ägyptische Königslisten – Narmer-Palette..........................................................70 Ägyptische Königslisten – Palermo-Stein............................................................71 Ägyptische Königslisten – Turiner Königspapyrus..............................................71 Ägyptische Königslisten – Manetho.....................................................................72 8 Ägyptische Literatur (ab etwa 3000 v.Chr.)........................................................72 Ägyptische Kriegsberichte...................................................................................73 Das Gilgamesch-Epos (ab 2400 v.Chr.)..............................................................74 Das Oera-Linda-Buch (angeblich ab 2194 v.Chr.).............................................74 Hesiod (um 700 v.Chr.)........................................................................................75 Hesiod – Goldenes Zeitalter................................................................................75 Hesiod – Garten der Hesperiden, Insel der Seligen............................................76 Hesiod – Titanen und Titanenkampf....................................................................76 Hesiod – Kelaino und Elektra..............................................................................77 Homer (um 700 v.Chr.)........................................................................................77 Homer – Troja = Atlantis?..................................................................................77 Homer – Der Schild des Achilleus.......................................................................77 Homer – Das Scheria der Phäaken.....................................................................78 Homer – Die Götterversammlung........................................................................79 Popol Vuh / Codex Troano (8. Jhdt. v.Chr. - 16. Jhdt. n.Chr.)...........................79 Die Bibel – Das Alte Testament (ab 640 v.Chr.).................................................80 Die Bibel – Das Paradies bzw. der Garten Eden................................................80 Die Bibel – Die Sintflut........................................................................................81 Die Bibel – Henoch, die erste Stadt.....................................................................82 Die Bibel – Japhet und Iapetos............................................................................83 Die Bibel – Göttersöhne und Riesen....................................................................83 Die Bibel – Die Israeliten....................................................................................83 Die Bibel – Schlusswort.......................................................................................84 Pseudo-Apollodoros (ca. 6. Jhdt. v.Chr.?)..........................................................84 Hellanikos von Lesbos (ca. 485-400 v.Chr.)........................................................85 Hellanikos – Kelaino und die Insel der Seligen...................................................85 Hellanikos – Poseidon und Kerkyra....................................................................86 Hellanikos – Die Atlantiden.................................................................................86 Hellanikos – Die Atlantide Elektra......................................................................87 Hellanikos – Exkurs: Patronymikon „Tochter des Atlas“...................................87 Herodot von Halikarnassos (ca. 484-425 v.Chr.)................................................89 Mahabharata (um 400 v.Chr.).............................................................................91 Mahabharata – Die „Weiße Insel“ Atala............................................................91 Mahabharata – Die Dreistadt Tripura................................................................92 1.3 Antike Nichterwähnungen seit Platon................................................92 Exkurs: Fiktionale und utopische Texte...............................................................93 Aristophanes (ca. 450-380 v.Chr.).......................................................................93 Platon (ca. 426-347 v.Chr.).................................................................................95 Platon – Proklos: Krantor oder Platon?.............................................................95 Platon – Exkurs: Atlantis auf Stelen oder Tempelwänden?.................................96
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