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THE COUNTRIES OF ATLANTEANS ACCORDING TO DIODORUS SICULUS (ATLANTIS-CONTINENT)
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October 26, 2018Author:
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The countries of Atlanteans are possible to be localized in relation with paleogeographical realities of Pannonian Basin started from
Bibliotheca Historica of Diodorus Siculus (III.54-III.61). In this book we learn about the Atlanteans which “inhabited a rich country bordering upon the Ocean”, the mythical Ocean (Okeanos) respectively, which, in our opinion, correspond to the Pannonian Lake prior to the making of Danube Gorge (Iron Gates). The Atlanteans “boast that the gods were born amongst them” and they said that Uranus, their first king, had forty-five children, by several wives, and eighteen of them were from Titea (Titaia), each of them having a peculiar name, but all in common were called “Titans”, from their mother Titea. Among them, Atlas, Cronus and Hyperion were the most renowned, followed by Coeus, Iapetus, Crius, and Oceanus. After the death of Uranus, Atlas, the first-born, got the regions near the shores of the Ocean, to rule. After his own name, the people of these places were named Atlanteans, and the greatest mountain in the world, located in this area, Atlas. (Herodotus describes Atlanteans as living in the neighbouring of Mt. Atlas, too –
History, Book IV). This Uranus’ son disclosed to his people the idea of a spherical terrestrial globe, and thus the legend of Atlas, who bear this globe upon his shoulders. Atlas, Uranus’ son, had seven daughters, who were all called after their father’s name, Atlantides, and all had many descendents.
Because Uranus mastered mainly the countries of West and North, one can admit that Atlas, his son, reigned especially the lands placed in West and North of the mythical Okeanos. Obviously, from the name of this first Atlas, from the name of the people (Atlanteans) and from the Atlantides, the name of Atlantis arrived in time. Hence, probably, the tradition about Atlantis-continent, accordingly to Europe situated in the West and the North of the former Pannonian Lake shores. On the other hand, the concept of Atlantis-island has as starting point the name of a different Atlas, the elder son of Poseidon, great-grandson of the first Atlas and nephew of Cronos (the Poseidon’s father). Also, in those time there lived other two men named Atlas. The first was the son of the Titan Iapetus, and the Oceanid Asia, and the second one was the son of Zeus and Clymene (daughter of Titan Oceanus).
It is very important to mention here that Atlas, the son of Poseidon, the heir of Atlantis Island, was contemporary with Deucalion, son of
Prometheus and
Pyrrha. Therefore, the so-called “The Flood of Deucalion”, who better corresponds to The Biblical Flood (Deluge), happened after the time when Atlas, the son of Poseidon, had already mastered this island for a while, but not in the time of other generation than that of Deucalion and Atlas.
