italiano

Published

2024-05-11

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13138/2723-9020/3567

Authors

  • Tommaso Braccini Università degli Studi di Siena

Abstract

Gothic atmospheres and Mediterranean contexts mark the reception of the story of
Philinnio, revenante mentioned by Phlegon of Tralle in the 2nd century AD. Reinterpreted
in a diabolical key by demonologists of the modern age, the story intersects with that of the
lamia and is revisited in a vampiric key in the 19th century, before appearing repeatedly in
the Californian Clark Ashton Smith's weird production and finally surfacing in a creepypasta
with Gothic hues.