{"id":2813,"date":"2010-06-05T12:01:49","date_gmt":"2010-06-05T12:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/?p=2813"},"modified":"2025-12-13T18:31:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T18:31:58","slug":"benoit-pierre-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/benoit-pierre-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Beno\u00eet, Pierre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Pierre-Benoit.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-27491\" src=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Pierre-Benoit.gif\" alt=\"Pierre Benoit\" width=\"160\" height=\"227\" \/><\/a>Pierre <\/strong><strong>B<\/strong><strong>eno\u00eet<\/strong> <strong>(1886-1962)<\/strong> was the author of a very popular novel, <em>L\u2019Atlantide<\/em><sup>[<\/sup><a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/main-bibliography\/b\/\"><sup>159<\/sup><\/a><sup>]<\/sup> about Atlantis, published in 1920 and subsequently adapted for the screen on three occasions, regarding which <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/sykes-j-egerton-%e2%80%98bill%e2%80%99\/\">Egerton Sykes<\/a> remarked that they were \u201cthree of the worst films that ever disgraced the film industry\u201d. In the 1950s, Benoit\u2019s work was turned into an opera by the renowned classical composer Henri Tomasi (1901-1971).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It has been noted that <em>&#8220;Contrary to dominant narratives, Benoit asserted, the lost city had been engulfed, not by water, but by sand.&#8221;<\/em> <sup>(b)<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After Beno\u00eet\u2019s death it was reported that an extensive manuscript copy of the writing of <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/dionysus-of-miletus\/\">Dionysus of Miletus<\/a> was discovered among his papers. In the first edition of his book Beno\u00eet states that this manuscript had been in the possession of <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/berlioux-etienne-felix\/\">\u00c8tienne F\u00e8lix Berlioux<\/a>. In it, Dionysus, writing around 550 BC, apparently claimed to have referred to the destruction of Atlantis in his document, but unfortunately it was later \u2018lost\u2019!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>An English translation of Beno\u00eet\u2019s text is available in hardcopy<sup>[<\/sup><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/main-bibliography\/b\/\">0930<\/a>]<\/sup> and on the Internet<sup>(<\/sup><sup>a<\/sup><sup>)<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><sup>(<\/sup><sup>a<\/sup><sup>) <\/sup><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacred-texts.com\/atl\/ant\/index.htm\">https:\/\/www.sacred-texts.com\/atl\/ant\/index.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p><sup>(b<\/sup><sup>)<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/repository.brynmawr.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&amp;context=french_pubs\">https:\/\/repository.brynmawr.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&amp;context=french_pubs<\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0*<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pierre Beno\u00eet (1886-1962) was the author of a very popular novel, L\u2019Atlantide[159] about Atlantis, published in 1920 and subsequently adapted for the screen on three occasions, regarding which Egerton Sykes remarked that they were \u201cthree of the worst films that ever disgraced the film industry\u201d. 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