Makhates, a guest of her parents. When her presence was discovered by her mother she collapsed back into death and was burned by the terrified townsfolk outside the town boundaries.
She appears to be rather harmless in this story, but the reaction of the townsfolk suggest something more sinister, for her rendevous with the young man recalls the visitations of the vampiric Lamiai. Presumably if the affair with the young man had continued she would have eventually drained him of his blood (Greek ghosts - both bodied and disembodied - had strong cravings for blood). Her story is therefore regarded as one of the key sources in the development the vampire-myth (a creature which the Greeks of Christian times called the Vrykolakas).
She appears to be rather harmless in this story, but the reaction of the townsfolk suggest something more sinister, for her rendevous with the young man recalls the visitations of the vampiric Lamiai. Presumably if the affair with the young man had continued she would have eventually drained him of his blood (Greek ghosts - both bodied and disembodied - had strong cravings for blood). Her story is therefore regarded as one of the key sources in the development the vampire-myth (a creature which the Greeks of Christian times called the Vrykolakas).
The story of Philannion is set in C4th BC Makedonia (the king referred to by Phlegon being Phillip of Makedon). Phlegon himself did not invent the story, and Proclus mentions other sources of the tale.
�Persons who died and returned to life ... The case par excellence is Philinnion, during the reign of Philip [of Makedon]. The daughter of the Amphipolitans Demostratos and Charito, she died as a newly-wed. Her husband had been Krateros. In the sixth month after her death she returned to life and for many nights in a row secretly consorted with a young man, Makhates, because of her love for him. He had come to Demostratos from his native city of Pella. She was detected and died again after proclaiming that what she had done was done in accord with the will of the Khthonion (Underworld) Gods. Her corpse was seen by everyone as it lay in state in her father�s house. In their disbelief at what had happened the members of her family went to the place that had earlier received her body, dug the place up and found it to be empty. The events are described in a number of letters, some written by Hipparchos and some written by Arrhidaios
The story of Philannion is set in C4th BC Makedonia (the king referred to by Phlegon being Phillip of Makedon). Phlegon himself did not invent the story, and Proclus mentions other sources of the tale.
Makhates, a guest of her parents. When her presence was discovered by her mother she collapsed back into death and was burned by the terrified townsfolk outside the town boundaries.
She appears to be rather harmless in this story, but the reaction of the townsfolk suggest something more sinister, for her rendevous with the young man recalls the visitations of the vampiric Lamiai. Presumably if the affair with the young man had continued she would have eventually drained him of his blood (Greek ghosts - both bodied and disembodied - had strong cravings for blood). Her story is therefore regarded as one of the key sources in the development the vampire-myth (a creature which the Greeks of Christian times called the Vrykolakas).
She appears to be rather harmless in this story, but the reaction of the townsfolk suggest something more sinister, for her rendevous with the young man recalls the visitations of the vampiric Lamiai. Presumably if the affair with the young man had continued she would have eventually drained him of his blood (Greek ghosts - both bodied and disembodied - had strong cravings for blood). Her story is therefore regarded as one of the key sources in the development the vampire-myth (a creature which the Greeks of Christian times called the Vrykolakas).
The story of Philannion is set in C4th BC Makedonia (the king referred to by Phlegon being Phillip of Makedon). Phlegon himself did not invent the story, and Proclus mentions other sources of the tale.
�Persons who died and returned to life ... The case par excellence is Philinnion, during the reign of Philip [of Makedon]. The daughter of the Amphipolitans Demostratos and Charito, she died as a newly-wed. Her husband had been Krateros. In the sixth month after her death she returned to life and for many nights in a row secretly consorted with a young man, Makhates, because of her love for him. He had come to Demostratos from his native city of Pella. She was detected and died again after proclaiming that what she had done was done in accord with the will of the Khthonion (Underworld) Gods. Her corpse was seen by everyone as it lay in state in her father�s house. In their disbelief at what had happened the members of her family went to the place that had earlier received her body, dug the place up and found it to be empty. The events are described in a number of letters, some written by Hipparchos and some written by Arrhidaios
The story of Philannion is set in C4th BC Makedonia (the king referred to by Phlegon being Phillip of Makedon). Phlegon himself did not invent the story, and Proclus mentions other sources of the tale.
