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Illustration of The corpse of Thelyphron
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The corpse of Thelyphron

Wɔfrɛ no bio: Thelyphron's tale
Tete nsɛm ne anansesɛmAwufoɔ a wɔnantewƐkeka ne ho kakraa biAbayisɛmTete wiase

The tale of Thelyphron in Apuleius's novel contains one of antiquity's best-known reanimations. A dead man is raised in the street to settle a murder accusation and uses his moment to expose what was done to the man guarding him. The episode treats the temporary revival of a corpse as a recognised, if rare, service. It is an early example of the dead brought back to testify.1

Fa ko
Wɔdii kan kyerɛw
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Apuleius, The Golden Ass (Metamorphoses), late 2nd century AD
Mfiase
Roman (literary)
Greece
Deɛ ɛde ba
Abayisɛm
A necromancer briefly calls a dead man back into his body so that he can give evidence.
Sɛnea wobɛdane bi
A dead husband at Larissa in Thessaly whose widow is publicly accused of poisoning him.
Sɛnea ɛkeka ne ho
Ɛkeka ne ho kakraa bi
The corpse revives where it lies and speaks to the crowd.
Nyansa
Nyansafoɔ

Ɛberɛ bɛn na ɛdii kan puee?

Tete wiaseMfinimfini Mmerɛ1500 kɔsi 18991900 kɔsi 19671968 kɔsi 19992000 kɔsi 20092010 kɔsi ɛnnɛ170

Apuleius, The Golden Ass (Metamorphoses), late 2nd century AD

nhwehwɛmu nsɛm

Deɛ fibea no ka

1

The story is told at a dinner by a man who was hired to guard the corpse overnight1

2

Thessalian witches were said to steal flesh from the dead for their spells1

3

The revived corpse confirms that his wife murdered him1

4

He then reveals that the witches came in the night and called his name1

5

Because the guard had the same name, he answered too, and the witches cut off his nose and ears and replaced them with wax1

Fibea

  1. The Golden Ass - Wikipedia

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Tete nsɛm a efi nsase koro no ara so

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

Berɛ koro: Tete wiase

Ishtar's army of the deadMesopotamian (Akkadian), 1000 ansa na KristoLugnano child burialLate Roman (Italy), 450
Ma dɔm no aduaneMa akyɛdeɛ