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The corpse of Thelyphron

Akpọkwa ya: Thelyphron's tale
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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

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Apuleius, The Golden Ass (Metamorphoses), late 2nd century AD
Mmalite
Roman (literary)
Greece
Ihe na-akpata ya
Amoosu
A necromancer briefly calls a dead man back into his body so that he can give evidence.
Otu i si abụrụ otu
A dead husband at Larissa in Thessaly whose widow is publicly accused of poisoning him.
Otu o si agagharị
Ọ na-adịghị agagharị
The corpse revives where it lies and speaks to the crowd.
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Nwere ọgụgụ isi

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

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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

Isi mmalite

  1. The Golden Ass - Wikipedia

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