Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World — Page 5
He replied: "At the head of the Egyptian Delta, where the river Nile divides, there is a certain district which is called the district of Sais, and the great city of the district is also called Sais, and is the city from which Amasis the king was sprung.
Er antwortete: „An der Spitze des ägyptischen Deltas, wo sich der Fluss Nil teilt, gibt es einen bestimmten Bezirk, der der Bezirk von Sais genannt wird, und die große Stadt des Bezirks heißt ebenfalls Sais und ist die Stadt, aus der König Amasis stammte.
And the citizens have a deity who is their foundress: she is called in the Egyptian tongue Neith, which is asserted by them to be the same whom the Hellenes called Athene.
Und die Bürger haben eine Gottheit, die ihre Stadtgründerin ist: Sie wird in der ägyptischen Sprache Neith genannt, was von ihnen als dieselbe behauptet wird, die die Hellenen Athene nannten.
Now, the citizens of this city are great lovers of the Athenians, and say that they are in some way related to them.
Nun sind die Bürger dieser Stadt große Bewunderer der Athener und sagen, dass sie in gewisser Weise mit ihnen verwandt sind.
Thither came Solon, who was received by them with great honor; and he asked the priests, who were most skilful in such matters, about antiquity, and made the discovery that neither he nor any other Hellene knew anything worth mentioning about the times of old.
Dorthin kam Solon, der von ihnen mit großen Ehren empfangen wurde; und er befragte die Priester, die in solchen Dingen am kundigsten waren, über das Altertum und machte die Entdeckung, dass weder er noch irgendein anderer Hellene irgendetwas Erwähnenswertes über die alten Zeiten wusste.
Vocabulary
- antwortete
- Answered; past tense of 'antworten'
- An
- At, on; preposition indicating location or direction
- Spitze
- Tip, top, peak; the highest or foremost point
- ägyptischen
- Egyptian; adjective referring to Egypt
- Deltas
- Delta's; river mouth area splitting into branches
- wo
- Where; relative or interrogative adverb of place
- sich
- Itself, oneself; reflexive pronoun
- Fluss
- River; a large natural flowing body of water
- Nil
- Nile; famous river flowing through Egypt
- teilt
- Divides, splits; third-person singular of 'teilen'
- gibt
- There is/are; third-person singular of 'geben'
- bestimmten
- Certain, specific; adjective meaning particular or defined
- Bezirk
- District, region; an administrative or geographical area
- genannt
- Called, named; past participle of 'nennen'
- große
- Great, large; adjective describing size or importance
- Stadt
- City, town; an urban settlement
- Bezirks
- Of the district; genitive form of 'Bezirk'
- heißt
- Is called, means; third-person singular of 'heißen'
- ebenfalls
- Likewise, also; adverb meaning in the same way
- König
- King; a male monarch or ruler
- stammte
- Originated, descended; past tense of 'stammen'
- Bürger
- Citizens, residents; members of a community or city
- Gottheit
- Deity, divinity; a god or divine being
- Stadtgründerin
- Female founder of a city or town
- Sprache
- Language; a system of human communication
- ihnen
- Them, to them; dative personal pronoun
- als
- As, than, when; conjunction or comparative particle
- dieselbe
- The same (feminine); demonstrative pronoun of identity
- behauptet
- Claims, asserts; third-person singular of 'behaupten'
- nannten
- Called, named; past tense plural of 'nennen'
- Nun
- Now, well; adverb introducing a new statement
- Bewunderer
- Admirers; people who regard something with admiration
- sagen
- Say, tell; infinitive meaning to express in words
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing a clause
- gewisser
- Certain, some; adjective indicating a degree of something
- Weise
- Way, manner; a method or mode of doing something
- verwandt
- Related, akin; connected by family or similarity
- Dorthin
- There, to that place; directional adverb of destination
- kam
- Came; past tense of 'kommen'
- großen
- Great, large; adjective in dative or accusative form
- Ehren
- Honors; respect or distinction given to someone
- empfangen
- Received, welcomed; past participle of 'empfangen'
- wurde
- Was, became; past tense of 'werden'
- befragte
- Questioned, interviewed; past tense of 'befragen'
- Priester
- Priest; a religious official performing sacred duties
- solchen
- Such; demonstrative adjective in dative form
- Dingen
- Things, matters; dative plural of 'Ding'
- kundigsten
- Most knowledgeable; superlative of 'kundig'
- über
- About, over, above; preposition of position or topic
- Altertum
- Antiquity; the ancient past or historical period
- machte
- Made, did; past tense of 'machen'
- Entdeckung
- Discovery; finding something previously unknown
- weder
- Neither; conjunction used in 'neither...nor' constructions
- noch
- Nor, still, yet; conjunction or adverb
- irgendein
- Any, some; indefinite pronoun meaning any one
- anderer
- Other, another; adjective indicating a different person
- irgendetwas
- Anything, something; indefinite pronoun for unspecified thing
- Erwähnenswertes
- Something worth mentioning; noteworthy or remarkable matter
- alten
- Old, ancient; adjective in dative or accusative form
- Zeiten
- Times, eras; plural of 'Zeit' meaning periods
- wusste
- Knew; past tense of 'wissen'
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