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Philinnion

Aussi appelé: Philinnion and Machates, the Bride of Amphipolis
Folklore et mythesMort-vivantVariableMonde antique

Philinnion is the best-preserved walking-corpse story from classical antiquity. Recorded by Hadrian's freedman Phlegon, it tells of a dead bride who rises physically from her family vault to spend three nights with a house guest. When she is discovered she collapses as a corpse, and the city, on a seer's advice, burns the body beyond its borders and purifies itself. The empty tomb and the civic cremation show that Greeks imagined the returning dead as bodies, and dealt with them accordingly.1

L'affronter
Première mention
150
Phlegon of Tralles, Book of Marvels, 2nd century AD; the story is set in the reign of Philip II of Macedon
Origine
Ancient Greek
Grèce
Ce qui le provoque
Jamais expliqué
She says only that her visit was permitted by divine will.
Comment on en devient un
A young woman of Amphipolis who died about six months after her wedding.
Comment il se déplace
Variable
Leaves her tomb at night in bodily form, eats, drinks and sleeps with a guest in her parents' house, and is gone by day.
Intelligence
Malin
Points faibles
  • being seen by her parents, at which she dies a second time
  • burning the body outside the city boundary
  • sacrifices to Hermes Chthonios and the Eumenides and purification of the temples

Quand est-il apparu pour la première fois ?

Monde antiqueMoyen Âge1500 à 18991900 à 19671968 à 19992000 à 20092010 à aujourd'hui150

Phlegon of Tralles, Book of Marvels, 2nd century AD; the story is set in the reign of Philip II of Macedon

notes de terrain

Ce que disent les sources

1

The account is framed as an official's letter asking whether the king should be told1

2

She gave her lover Machates a gold ring and left her breast-band behind1

3

Her tomb was opened and found empty except for an iron ring and a gilt cup that Machates had given her1

4

Her lover killed himself afterwards1

5

Goethe used the story for 'The Bride of Corinth' (1797)1

Pourriez-vous le distancer ?

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

Vous, en marchant environ 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Vous, en jogging environ 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Philinnion environ 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Un adulte en forme qui sprinte environ 24 km/h (15 mph)
Un cycliste rapide environ 37 km/h (23 mph)

Sources

  1. An Ancient Ghost Story: Philinnion & Machates - World History Encyclopedia

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