Hermione Wrote:
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> *Amandine Marshall, L’Atlantide : un mythe de
> l’Egypte antique ?
> Éd. Mondes Antiques, 2020. 106 pp. .ISBN
> 9782956882800. EUR 18.
> TOC at
> <[fr.calam]
> eo.com/read/0059567802683b5664fb0>
>
> "The myth of Atlantis and ancient Egypt are
> closely linked according
> to Plato. He is the first to evoke the story of an
> island-continent,
> of which the proud and powerful inhabitants were
> defeated by the
> Athenians and sank into the waters, at the same
> time as Atlantis
> itself, just after their military defeat. However,
> if Plato
> extensively referred to ancient Egypt, using its
> priests as guardians
> of the truth for his story, there is indeed an
> Egyptian source,
> far older than the Athenian philosophers' texts,
> evoking the story
> of a marvelous island, with abundant and rich
> resources, property
> of a deity, suddenly disappearing under the
> Mediterranean waters.
> What is the truth of Plato’s account and to what
> extent ancient
> Egypt did influence his story?
>
> Amandine Marshall is a Doctor in Egyptology and is
> currently working
> on an habilitation thesis on the horse in Greek
> myths. By comparing
> her knowledge of these two ancient civilizations,
> she was able to
> establish the existence of this Egyptian source.
> Her work puts
> into perspective the deceptive as much as
> brilliant invention of
> Plato, and, in the light of this new Egyptian
> document, asks
> another question: what if there wasn't one but two
> Atlantises?"

Well that would be very interesting but do we have any idea what she is referring too? Oh the link doesn't work properly.