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Polykritos

Aussi appelé: Polycritus the Aetolarch, Polykritos the Aitolian
Folklore et mythesMort-vivantCourentMonde antique

Polykritos is the cannibal revenant of Phlegon's Book of Marvels. A dead official walks into the citizens' assembly, demands his infant and, when refused, eats it in front of the crowd, impervious to their stones. The child's severed head delivers the oracle. It is a rare ancient story of a returned corpse eating human flesh, the act that defines the modern zombie.1

⚔️ L'affronter
Première mention
150
Phlegon of Tralles, Book of Marvels, 2nd century AD; the story is set in Aetolia in the 3rd century BC
Origine
Ancient Greek
Grèce
Ce qui le provoque
Jamais expliqué
He returns at the moment the assembly debates the fate of his newborn child.
Comment on en devient un
An Aetolian magistrate who died on the fourth night of his marriage.
Comment il se déplace
Courent
Appears suddenly in the public assembly dressed in black, speaks, then seizes his child and tears it apart.
Intelligence
Malin
Points faibles
  • none: stones thrown by the crowd did not hurt him, and he vanished of his own accord

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 story is set in Aetolia in the 3rd century BC

notes de terrain

Ce que disent les sources

1

His widow bore a child with both male and female genitals, which seers took as an omen1

2

He told the citizens his body was dead but his goodwill towards them was alive1

3

When they hesitated to hand over the child he devoured it, leaving only the head1

4

The head then spoke a prophecy of war and plague1

5

The Aetolians sent their families away and suffered heavy losses in battle the next year1

Pourriez-vous le distancer ?

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

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

Sources

  1. Phlegon, Book of Marvels - ToposText

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