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Illustration of Bouplagos
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Bouplagos

Maqaa biraa: Buplagus
Seenaa aadaa fi afoolaDu'aa ka'eLafa harkisaa deemaAddunyaa durii

Bouplagos is a dead soldier who gets up on the battlefield in Phlegon's Book of Marvels. After the Roman victory at Thermopylae he rises with his wounds, walks into the enemy camp, delivers an oracle and falls dead for good. The Romans burn him and purify the army. The scene of a battlefield corpse rising among the looters is a recognisable ancestor of later war-zombie imagery.1

Lolsiisi
Yeroo jalqabaaf kan galmeeffame
150
Phlegon of Tralles, Book of Marvels, 2nd century AD; the event is set after the battle of Thermopylae in 191 BC
Ka'umsa
Ancient Greek / Roman
Giriik
Maaltu isa fida
Kan biroo
The story presents his rising as a warning from Zeus to the victorious Romans.
Akkamitti isa taata
A Syrian cavalry commander of King Antiochus, killed with twelve wounds.
Akkamitti sochoo'a
Lafa harkisaa deema
Stands up from among the corpses on the battlefield at midday, walks to the Roman camp and speaks in a faint voice.
Beekumsa
Beekumsa muraasa
Bakkeewwan laafoo
  • he dies again as soon as he has spoken
  • cremation and burial, with purification of the camp

Yoom jalqaba mul'ate?

Addunyaa duriiJaarraa Gidduugaleessaa1500 hanga 18991900 hanga 19671968 hanga 19992000 hanga 20092010 hanga har'aa150

Phlegon of Tralles, Book of Marvels, 2nd century AD; the event is set after the battle of Thermopylae in 191 BC

yaadannoo dirree

Maddoonni maal jedhu

1

He rose while the Romans were stripping the enemy dead1

2

He recited verses ordering them to stop despoiling the fallen1

3

He foretold that a bold people would one day end Roman rule1

4

The generals sacrificed to Zeus the Averter and consulted Delphi1

5

In the sequel a Roman general is eaten by a red wolf and his severed head prophesies1

Fiigdee isa jalaa ba'uu dandeessaa?

Sadarkaa saffisaa akkaataa maddoonni itti ibsan irraa (lafa harkisaa deema), safara miti.

Bouplagos gara 3 km/h (1.9 mph)
Ati, deemaa gara 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Ati, suuta fiigaa gara 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Ga'eessa qaamaan jabaa kan ariitiin fiigu gara 24 km/h (15 mph)
Saayikilii oofaa ariifataa gara 37 km/h (23 mph)

Maddoota

  1. Phlegon, Book of Marvels - ToposText

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