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Bouplagos

Kallas även: Buplagus
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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

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Först belagd
150
Phlegon of Tralles, Book of Marvels, 2nd century AD; the event is set after the battle of Thermopylae in 191 BC
Ursprung
Ancient Greek / Roman
Grekland
Vad som orsakar det
Övrigt
The story presents his rising as a warning from Zeus to the victorious Romans.
Hur man blir en
A Syrian cavalry commander of King Antiochus, killed with twelve wounds.
Hur den rör sig
Släpar sig fram
Stands up from among the corpses on the battlefield at midday, walks to the Roman camp and speaks in a faint voice.
Intelligens
Viss intelligens
Svaga punkter
  • he dies again as soon as he has spoken
  • cremation and burial, with purification of the camp

När dök den upp första gången?

AntikenMedeltiden1500 till 18991900 till 19671968 till 19992000 till 20092010 till idag150

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

fältanteckningar

Vad källorna säger

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

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Bouplagos cirka 3 km/h (1.9 mph)
Du, gående cirka 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Du, joggande cirka 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
En vältränad vuxen i full sprint cirka 24 km/h (15 mph)
En snabb cyklist cirka 37 km/h (23 mph)

Källor

  1. Phlegon, Book of Marvels - ToposText

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