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Polykritos

Detto anche: Polycritus the Aetolarch, Polykritos the Aitolian
Folklore e mitiNon mortoCorronoMondo antico

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

⚔️ Combatterlo
Prima attestazione
150
Phlegon of Tralles, Book of Marvels, 2nd century AD; the story is set in Aetolia in the 3rd century BC
Origine
Ancient Greek
Grecia
Cosa lo causa
Mai spiegato
He returns at the moment the assembly debates the fate of his newborn child.
Come lo si diventa
An Aetolian magistrate who died on the fourth night of his marriage.
Come si muove
Corrono
Appears suddenly in the public assembly dressed in black, speaks, then seizes his child and tears it apart.
Intelligenza
Furbo
Punti deboli
  • none: stones thrown by the crowd did not hurt him, and he vanished of his own accord

Quando è comparso per la prima volta?

Mondo antico
Medioevo
Dal 1500 al 1899
Dal 1900 al 1967
Dal 1968 al 1999
Dal 2000 al 2009
Dal 2010 a oggi
150

Phlegon of Tralles, Book of Marvels, 2nd century AD; the story is set in Aetolia in the 3rd century BC

appunti sul campo

Cosa dicono le fonti

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

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Classe di velocità dalla descrizione delle fonti (corrono), non una misura.

Tu, che cammini circa 5 km/h
Tu, che corri circa 10 km/h
Un adulto allenato in sprint circa 24 km/h
Polykritos circa 24 km/h
Un ciclista veloce circa 37 km/h

Fonti

  1. Phlegon, Book of Marvels - ToposText

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Folklore delle stesse terre

Erichtho's reanimated soldierRoman (literary), 61VrykolakasGreek, 1645PhilinnionAncient Greek, 150The corpse of ThelyphronRoman (literary), 170Vrykolakas of MykonosGreek, 1701BouplagosAncient Greek / Roman, 150

Stessa epoca: Mondo antico

Ishtar's army of the deadMesopotamian (Akkadian), 1000 a.C.Lugnano child burialLate Roman (Italy), 450