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Bouplagos

Også kaldet: Buplagus

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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Phlegon of Tralles, Book of Marvels, 2nd century AD; the event is set after the battle of Thermopylae in 191 BC
Oprindelse
Ancient Greek / Roman
Grækenland
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Andet
The story presents his rising as a warning from Zeus to the victorious Romans.
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A Syrian cavalry commander of King Antiochus, killed with twelve wounds.
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Subber
Stands up from among the corpses on the battlefield at midday, walks to the Roman camp and speaks in a faint voice.
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Svage punkter
  • he dies again as soon as he has spoken
  • cremation and burial, with purification of the camp

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

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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

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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
Dig, gående cirka 5 km/h
Dig, joggende cirka 10 km/h
En veltrænet voksen i fuld sprint cirka 24 km/h
En hurtig cyklist cirka 37 km/h

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  1. Phlegon, Book of Marvels - ToposText

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