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Polykritos

Også kalt: Polycritus the Aetolarch, Polykritos the Aitolian
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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

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Først nevnt
150
Phlegon of Tralles, Book of Marvels, 2nd century AD; the story is set in Aetolia in the 3rd century BC
Opprinnelse
Ancient Greek
Hellas
Hva som forårsaker det
Aldri forklart
He returns at the moment the assembly debates the fate of his newborn child.
Hvordan man blir en
An Aetolian magistrate who died on the fourth night of his marriage.
Hvordan den beveger seg
Løper
Appears suddenly in the public assembly dressed in black, speaks, then seizes his child and tears it apart.
Intelligens
Smart
Svake punkter
  • none: stones thrown by the crowd did not hurt him, and he vanished of his own accord

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

feltnotater

Hva kildene sier

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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Du, gående omtrent 5 km/h
Du, joggende omtrent 10 km/h
En spreke voksen i full sprint omtrent 24 km/h
Polykritos omtrent 24 km/h
En rask syklist omtrent 37 km/h

Kilder

  1. Phlegon, Book of Marvels - ToposText

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