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The corpse of Thelyphron

Auch bekannt als: Thelyphron's tale
Folklore und MythenUntotBewegt sich kaumZaubereiAntike

The tale of Thelyphron in Apuleius's novel contains one of antiquity's best-known reanimations. A dead man is raised in the street to settle a murder accusation and uses his moment to expose what was done to the man guarding him. The episode treats the temporary revival of a corpse as a recognised, if rare, service. It is an early example of the dead brought back to testify.1

Gegen ihn kämpfen
Erstmals belegt
170
Apuleius, The Golden Ass (Metamorphoses), late 2nd century AD
Herkunft
Roman (literary)
Griechenland
Was es auslöst
Zauberei
A necromancer briefly calls a dead man back into his body so that he can give evidence.
Wie man einer wird
A dead husband at Larissa in Thessaly whose widow is publicly accused of poisoning him.
Wie er sich bewegt
Bewegt sich kaum
The corpse revives where it lies and speaks to the crowd.
Intelligenz
Clever

Wann tauchte er zuerst auf?

AntikeMittelalter1500 bis 18991900 bis 19671968 bis 19992000 bis 20092010 bis heute170

Apuleius, The Golden Ass (Metamorphoses), late 2nd century AD

Feldnotizen

Was die Quellen sagen

1

The story is told at a dinner by a man who was hired to guard the corpse overnight1

2

Thessalian witches were said to steal flesh from the dead for their spells1

3

The revived corpse confirms that his wife murdered him1

4

He then reveals that the witches came in the night and called his name1

5

Because the guard had the same name, he answered too, and the witches cut off his nose and ears and replaced them with wax1

Quellen

  1. The Golden Ass - Wikipedia

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