Identification

Location from Kenennon to Ptolemy

Kenennon ( Greek Κοινόηνον ; Latin Coenoenum ) is a place name that Ptolemaios used in his Geographia (Ptolemaios 2, 11) set of coordinates as one of the places (πόλεις) in northern Germania , near the seashore with 30 ° 00 'longitude ( Ptolemaic longitudes ) and 50 ° 00' latitude.

localization

So far, according to Ptolemy, the place in Germania magna could not be reliably located. An interdisciplinary research team led by Andreas Kleineberg, who re-examined and interpreted the Ptolemaic coordinates from 2006 to 2009, is currently locating Kenennon in the area near Waren (Müritz) in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania .

Remarks

↑ The Geography of Claudius Ptolemy: Book II, Chapter 10: Greater Germany (Fourth Map of Europe) ( English ) penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
↑ See Hermann Reichert : Kenennon. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 16, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2000, ISBN 3-11-016782-4 , p. 432 ( available for a fee from GAO , De Gruyter Online)
↑ See Andreas Kleineberg, Christian Marx, Eberhard Knobloch , Dieter Lelgemann : Germania and the island of Thule. The decryption of Ptolemy´s "Atlas of the Oikumene" . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2011, ISBN 978-3-534-24525-3 .

literature

Hermann Reichert : Kenennon. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 16, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2000, ISBN 3-11-016782-4 , p. 432. ( payable via GAO , De Gruyter Online)
Hermann Reichert : Ptolemaeus. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 23, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2003, ISBN 3-11-017535-5 , pp. 567-597. ( chargeable via GAO , De Gruyter Online)
Alfred Stückelberger, Gerd Graßhoff (ed.): Ptolemaios, Handbook of Geography (Greek-German) . Schwabe Verlag, Basel 2006, ISBN 3-7965-2148-7 (work in 2 half-volumes, with CD-ROM).
Corinna Scheungraber, Friedrich E. Grünzweig: The old Germanic toponyms as well as non-Germanic toponyms of Germania. A handbook on its etymology using a bibliography by Robert Nedoma. Published by Hermann Reichert (= Philologica Germanica 34). Fassbaender, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-902575-62-3 .

Web links

Edition of Geographike Hyphegesis with translation and map of Germania magna , accessed on June 17, 2015
Google Earth in ancient times. In: Der Spiegel. 39/2010, accessed June 17, 2015

[1] The Geography of Claudius Ptolemy: Book II, Chapter 10: Greater Germany (Fourth Map of Europe) ( English ) penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved June 8, 2019.

[rga-2] See Hermann Reichert : Kenennon. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 16, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2000, ISBN 3-11-016782-4 , p. 432 ( available for a fee from GAO , De Gruyter Online)

[3] See Andreas Kleineberg, Christian Marx, Eberhard Knobloch , Dieter Lelgemann : Germania and the island of Thule. The decryption of Ptolemy´s "Atlas of the Oikumene" . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2011, ISBN 978-3-534-24525-3 .