Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World — Page 1
THE PURPOSE OF THE BOOK.
DER ZWECK DES BUCHES.
This book is an attempt to demonstrate several distinct and novel propositions.
Dieses Buch ist ein Versuch, mehrere verschiedene und neuartige Thesen zu beweisen.
These are:
Diese sind:
1. That there once existed in the Atlantic Ocean, opposite the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea, a large island, which was the remnant of an Atlantic continent, and known to the ancient world as Atlantis.
1. Dass es einst im Atlantischen Ozean, gegenüber dem Eingang zum Mittelmeer, eine große Insel gab, die der Überrest eines atlantischen Kontinents war und der antiken Welt als Atlantis bekannt war.
2. That the description of this island given by Plato is not, as has been long supposed, fable, but veritable history.
2. Dass die Beschreibung dieser Insel, die Platon gegeben hat, nicht, wie lange angenommen wurde, eine Fabel ist, sondern wahrhaftige Geschichte.
3. That Atlantis was the region where man first rose from a state of barbarism to civilization.
3. Dass Atlantis die Region war, in der der Mensch sich erstmals aus einem Zustand der Barbarei zur Zivilisation erhob.
4. That it became, in the course of ages, a populous and mighty nation, from whose overflowings the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, the Mississippi River, the Amazon, the Pacific coast of South America, the Mediterranean, the west coast of Europe and Africa, the Baltic, the Black Sea, and the Caspian were populated by civilized nations.
4. Dass es im Laufe der Zeitalter zu einer volkreichen und mächtigen Nation wurde, durch deren Ausbreitung die Küsten des Golfs von Mexiko, des Mississippi, des Amazonas, der Pazifikküste Südamerikas, des Mittelmeers, der Westküste Europas und Afrikas, der Ostsee, des Schwarzen Meeres und des Kaspischen Meeres von zivilisierten Völkern besiedelt wurden.
5. That it was the true Antediluvian world; the Garden of Eden; the Gardens of the Hesperides; the Elysian Fields; the Gardens of Alcinous; the Mesomphalos; the Olympos; the Asgard of the traditions of the ancient nations; representing a universal memory of a great land, where early mankind dwelt for ages in peace and happiness.
5. Dass es die wahre vorsintflutliche Welt war; der Garten Eden; die Gärten der Hesperiden; die Elysischen Felder; die Gärten des Alkinoos; der Mesomphalos; der Olympos; der Asgard der Überlieferungen der alten Völker; als universelle Erinnerung an ein großes Land, in dem die frühe Menschheit Zeitalter lang in Frieden und Glück lebte.
6. That the gods and goddesses of the ancient Greeks, the Phoenicians, the Hindoos, and the Scandinavians were simply the kings, queens, and heroes of Atlantis; and the acts attributed to them in mythology are a confused recollection of real historical events.
6. Dass die Götter und Göttinnen der alten Griechen, der Phönizier, der Hindus und der Skandinavier schlicht die Könige, Königinnen und Helden von Atlantis waren; und dass die ihnen in der Mythologie zugeschriebenen Taten eine verworrene Erinnerung an wirkliche historische Ereignisse sind.
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Vocabulary
- ZWECK
- Purpose or aim of something
- Dieses
- Demonstrative pronoun/adjective: 'this'
- Buch
- A written or printed literary work
- Versuch
- An attempt or effort to do something
- mehrere
- Several or a number of things
- verschiedene
- Various or different kinds of things
- neuartige
- Novel or innovative, of a new kind
- Thesen
- Plural of 'These': propositions or theses argued
- beweisen
- To prove or demonstrate something conclusively
- einst
- Once, at a former time, long ago
- Ozean
- A vast body of saltwater covering Earth
- gegenüber
- Preposition meaning opposite or across from something
- Eingang
- An entrance or entry point to a place
- Mittelmeer
- The Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Africa
- Insel
- A piece of land surrounded by water
- Überrest
- A remnant or leftover part of something
- Kontinents
- Genitive of 'Kontinent': 'of a continent'
- antiken
- Adjective: relating to ancient classical antiquity
- Welt
- The world or earth as a whole
- Beschreibung
- A description or account of something
- lange
- For a long time; adverb of duration
- angenommen
- Past participle of 'annehmen': assumed or supposed
- Fabel
- A fable or fictional invented story
- sondern
- Conjunction meaning 'but rather' after negation
- wahrhaftige
- Adjective meaning truthful, genuine, or true
- Geschichte
- History or a story about past events
- Region
- A geographic area or district of land
- Mensch
- A human being or person
- erstmals
- For the very first time ever
- Zustand
- A state or condition of something
- Barbarei
- Barbarism; primitive uncivilized state of society
- Zivilisation
- Civilization; advanced organized human social culture
- erhob
- Past tense of 'erheben': raised or elevated itself
- Laufe
- In 'im Laufe': in the course of time
- Zeitalter
- An era, age, or epoch of history
- volkreichen
- Adjective: populous, having a large population
- mächtigen
- Adjective: powerful, mighty, or strong nation
- Nation
- A country or people sharing common identity
- deren
- Relative pronoun genitive: 'whose' or 'of which'
- Ausbreitung
- Expansion, spread, or proliferation of something
- Küsten
- Plural of 'Küste': coastlines or shores
- Golfs
- Genitive of 'Golf': 'of the gulf'
- Pazifikküste
- The Pacific coast or shoreline of Pacific Ocean
- Westküste
- The western coast or shoreline of a landmass
- Ostsee
- The Baltic Sea in northern Europe
- Meeres
- Genitive of 'Meer': 'of the sea'
- zivilisierten
- Adjective: civilized, culturally advanced peoples
- Völkern
- Dative plural of 'Volk': peoples or nations
- besiedelt
- Past participle of 'besiedeln': settled or colonized
- wahre
- Adjective: true, genuine, or real
- vorsintflutliche
- Adjective: antediluvian, existing before the great flood
- Garten
- A garden or cultivated outdoor green space
- Gärten
- Plural of 'Garten': gardens or parks
- Felder
- Plural of 'Feld': fields or open land areas
- Überlieferungen
- Traditions or legends passed down through generations
- universelle
- Adjective: universal, applying to all people everywhere
- Erinnerung
- A memory or recollection of past events
- Land
- Land, country, or territory as a place
- frühe
- Adjective: early, referring to an early period
- Menschheit
- Humanity or humankind as a collective whole
- lang
- Adjective or adverb meaning long in duration
- Frieden
- Peace; a state free from conflict or war
- Glück
- Happiness or good fortune and luck
- lebte
- Past tense of 'leben': lived or dwelled
- Götter
- Plural of 'Gott': gods of mythology or religion
- Göttinnen
- Plural of 'Göttin': goddesses of mythology or religion
- Griechen
- The Greeks; people of ancient or modern Greece
- schlicht
- Simply or merely; plain and straightforward
- Könige
- Plural of 'König': kings or male monarchs
- Königinnen
- Plural of 'Königin': queens or female monarchs
- Helden
- Plural of 'Held': heroes of legend or history
- Mythologie
- Mythology; collection of traditional myths and legends
- zugeschriebenen
- Past participle: attributed or ascribed to someone
- Taten
- Plural of 'Tat': deeds, acts, or actions
- verworrene
- Adjective: confused, muddled, or distorted accounts
- wirkliche
- Adjective: real, actual, or genuine events
- historische
- Adjective: historical, relating to real past events
- Ereignisse
- Plural of 'Ereignis': events or occurrences in history
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