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Polykritos

Ook bekend as: Polycritus the Aetolarch, Polykritos the Aitolian
Volksverhale en mitesOndoodHardloopAntieke wêreld

Polykritos is the cannibal revenant of Phlegon's Book of Marvels. A dead official walks into the citizens' assembly, demands his infant and, when refused, eats it in front of the crowd, impervious to their stones. The child's severed head delivers the oracle. It is a rare ancient story of a returned corpse eating human flesh, the act that defines the modern zombie.1

Veg daarteen
Eerste opgeteken
150
Phlegon of Tralles, Book of Marvels, 2nd century AD; the story is set in Aetolia in the 3rd century BC
Oorsprong
Ancient Greek
Griekeland
Wat dit veroorsaak
Nooit verduidelik nie
He returns at the moment the assembly debates the fate of his newborn child.
Hoe jy een word
An Aetolian magistrate who died on the fourth night of his marriage.
Hoe dit beweeg
Hardloop
Appears suddenly in the public assembly dressed in black, speaks, then seizes his child and tears it apart.
Intelligensie
Slim
Swak plekke
  • none: stones thrown by the crowd did not hurt him, and he vanished of his own accord

Wanneer het dit eerste verskyn?

Antieke wêreldMiddeleeue1500 tot 18991900 tot 19671968 tot 19992000 tot 20092010 tot vandag150

Phlegon of Tralles, Book of Marvels, 2nd century AD; the story is set in Aetolia in the 3rd century BC

veldnotas

Wat die bronne sê

1

His widow bore a child with both male and female genitals, which seers took as an omen1

2

He told the citizens his body was dead but his goodwill towards them was alive1

3

When they hesitated to hand over the child he devoured it, leaving only the head1

4

The head then spoke a prophecy of war and plague1

5

The Aetolians sent their families away and suffered heavy losses in battle the next year1

Sou jy hom kon uithardloop?

Spoedklas volgens hoe die bronne dit beskryf (hardloop), nie 'n meting nie.

Jy, stap omtrent 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Jy, draf omtrent 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
'n Fikse volwassene wat naelloop omtrent 24 km/h (15 mph)
Polykritos omtrent 24 km/h (15 mph)
'n Vinnige fietsryer omtrent 37 km/h (23 mph)

Bronne

  1. Phlegon, Book of Marvels - ToposText

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Volksverhale uit dieselfde lande

Erichtho's reanimated soldierRoman (literary), 61VrykolakasGreek, 1645PhilinnionAncient Greek, 150The corpse of ThelyphronRoman (literary), 170Vrykolakas of MykonosGreek, 1701BouplagosAncient Greek / Roman, 150

Selfde era: Antieke wêreld

Ishtar's army of the deadMesopotamian (Akkadian), 1000 v.C.Lugnano child burialLate Roman (Italy), 450
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