{"id":4199,"date":"2010-06-12T18:50:24","date_gmt":"2010-06-12T18:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/usai-antonio\/"},"modified":"2020-12-04T06:40:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T06:40:21","slug":"usai-antonio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/usai-antonio\/","title":{"rendered":"Usai, Antonio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Antonio Usai (1957- )<\/strong> was born in Assemini, 12 km northwest of Cagliari, the capital of Sardinia<\/a>. Having a passion for ancient\u00a0 \"UsaiAntonio\"<\/a>history, he has written a number of papers(a)<\/sup> locating the Pillars of Heracles within the Mediterranean. An English translation of The Pillars of Hercules in Aristotle\u2019s Ecumene <\/i>is now available on the excellent Academia.edu <\/i>website as well as a 67-page booklet[0980<\/a>]<\/sup>.<\/span> Included in his work is a critique(b)<\/sup> of Sergio Frau\u2019s<\/a> book[302<\/a>]<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Usai followed a reading of Frau\u2019s book with a study of the works of Herodotus<\/a>, Aristotle<\/a>, Polybius and Strabo <\/a>among others. He was drawn to the story of Hanno\u2019s voyage<\/a>, where Hanno is described as leaving Carthage<\/a>, turning east<\/em><\/strong>, then passing through the \u2018Pillars\u2019 and following the coast south towards Syrtis Minor<\/a>, which is described as being on their right.><\/span><\/strong>However, the previous passage tells us that he first turned west,<\/em><\/strong> which is all rather confusing!<<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

According to Usai, this would only make sense if the Pillars had been situated between the east coast of Tunisia<\/a> and the islands of Kerkennah. Furthermore, Usai contends that part of Hanno\u2019s report of his voyage was a hoax!<\/p>\n

Finally, after devoting most of his essays to identifying the original Pillars at Kerkennah,><\/span><\/strong>in my opinion he weakened his credibility when he concluded his work by identifying Greenland<\/a> as the location of Atlantis, contradicting Plato’s text, in which the Pillars are described as close to Atlantis.<\/p>\n

For some reason, Usai incorrectly describes Greenland as being surrounded by a continent<\/a>. It is not; to the west is a large Canadian island, there is nothing to the north, east or south and the nearest continental territory is 500 km away to the southwest.<\/p>\n

Additionally, he must explain why or how the few people living on Greenland would attack Athens so many thousands of kilometers away.<<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A number of translations of the Periplus <\/a>(Sea Voyage Guide) of Hanno are available on the internet(c)(d)<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

(a)<\/sup> https:\/\/www.archeomedia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Le_colonne_dErcole_nellecumene_di_Aristotele.pdf<\/a>\u00a0 (Italian)<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/6910165\/The_Pillars_of_Hercules_in_Aristotles_Ecumene<\/a> (English)<\/p>\n

(b)<\/sup> See: https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/archive-2352\/<\/a><\/p>\n

(c)<\/sup> https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/cu31924031441847<\/a>\u00a0 (Schoff translation)<\/p>\n

(d) <\/sup>http:\/\/www.jasoncolavito.com\/periplus-of-hanno.html<\/a>\u00a0 (Colavito translation)<\/p>\n\n\n

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