Polykritos
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
- none: stones thrown by the crowd did not hurt him, and he vanished of his own accord
Ìgbà wo ló kọ́kọ́ farahàn?
150Phlegon of Tralles, Book of Marvels, 2nd century AD; the story is set in Aetolia in the 3rd century BC
Ohun tí àwọn orísun sọ
His widow bore a child with both male and female genitals, which seers took as an omen1
He told the citizens his body was dead but his goodwill towards them was alive1
When they hesitated to hand over the child he devoured it, leaving only the head1
The head then spoke a prophecy of war and plague1
The Aetolians sent their families away and suffered heavy losses in battle the next year1
Ṣé o lè sá fún un?
Ẹ̀ka ìyára láti bí àwọn orísun ṣe ṣàpèjúwe rẹ̀ (ó ń sáré), kì í ṣe ìwọ̀n.
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