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Polykritos

Wɔfrɛ no bio: Polycritus the Aetolarch, Polykritos the Aitolian
Tete nsɛm ne anansesɛmAwufoɔ a wɔnantewƐtu mmirikaTete wiase

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

Fa ko
Wɔdii kan kyerɛw
150
Phlegon of Tralles, Book of Marvels, 2nd century AD; the story is set in Aetolia in the 3rd century BC
Mfiase
Ancient Greek
Greece
Deɛ ɛde ba
Wɔnkyerɛɛ aseɛ da
He returns at the moment the assembly debates the fate of his newborn child.
Sɛnea wobɛdane bi
An Aetolian magistrate who died on the fourth night of his marriage.
Sɛnea ɛkeka ne ho
Ɛtu mmirika
Appears suddenly in the public assembly dressed in black, speaks, then seizes his child and tears it apart.
Nyansa
Nyansafoɔ
Mmerɛwyɛ
  • none: stones thrown by the crowd did not hurt him, and he vanished of his own accord

Ɛberɛ bɛn na ɛdii kan puee?

Tete wiaseMfinimfini Mmerɛ1500 kɔsi 18991900 kɔsi 19671968 kɔsi 19992000 kɔsi 20092010 kɔsi ɛnnɛ150

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

nhwehwɛmu nsɛm

Deɛ fibea no ka

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

Wobɛtumi atu mmirika aboro no?

Ahoɔhare kuo a efi sɛnea fibea kyerɛkyerɛ mu (ɛtu mmirika), ɛnyɛ susudua.

Wo, nantew bɛyɛ 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Wo, mmirika brɛoo bɛyɛ 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Ɔpanin a ne ho yɛ den a ɔtu mmirika denden bɛyɛ 24 km/h (15 mph)
Polykritos bɛyɛ 24 km/h (15 mph)
Sakrekafoɔ a ɔyɛ ntɛm bɛyɛ 37 km/h (23 mph)

Fibea

  1. Phlegon, Book of Marvels - ToposText

Asɛm biara a ɛwɔ krataafa yi so fi saa fibea yi mu, na yɛde yɛn ankasa nsɛm na akyerɛw. Wohunuu mfomsoɔ bi? Ka kyerɛ yɛn wɔ [email protected].

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Tete nsɛm a efi nsase koro no ara so

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Berɛ koro: Tete wiase

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Ma dɔm no aduaneMa akyɛdeɛ