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Bouplagos

Aussi appelé: Buplagus
Folklore et mythesMort-vivantTraîne la patteMonde antique

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

⚔️ L'affronter
Première mention
150
Phlegon of Tralles, Book of Marvels, 2nd century AD; the event is set after the battle of Thermopylae in 191 BC
Origine
Ancient Greek / Roman
Grèce
Ce qui le provoque
Autre
The story presents his rising as a warning from Zeus to the victorious Romans.
Comment on en devient un
A Syrian cavalry commander of King Antiochus, killed with twelve wounds.
Comment il se déplace
Traîne la patte
Stands up from among the corpses on the battlefield at midday, walks to the Roman camp and speaks in a faint voice.
Intelligence
Un peu d'intelligence
Points faibles
  • he dies again as soon as he has spoken
  • cremation and burial, with purification of the camp

Quand est-il apparu pour la première fois ?

Monde antique
Moyen Âge
1500 à 1899
1900 à 1967
1968 à 1999
2000 à 2009
2010 à aujourd'hui
150

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

notes de terrain

Ce que disent les sources

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

Pourriez-vous le distancer ?

Classe de vitesse d'après la description des sources (traîne la patte), pas une mesure.

Bouplagos environ 3 km/h
Vous, en marchant environ 5 km/h
Vous, en jogging environ 10 km/h
Un adulte en forme qui sprinte environ 24 km/h
Un cycliste rapide environ 37 km/h

Sources

  1. Phlegon, Book of Marvels - ToposText

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