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An anthropophage or ''anthropophagus'' (from (ギリシア語:''anthrōpophagos''), "people-eater", plural ''anthropophagi'') was a member of a mythical race of cannibals described first by Herodotus in his ''Histories'' as ''androphagi'' ("man-eaters"), and later by other authors, including the playwright William Shakespeare. The word first appears in English around 1552. In popular culture, the ''anthropophagus'' is sometimes depicted as a being without a head, but instead have their faces on the torso. This may be a misinterpretation based on Shakespeare's writings in ''Othello'', where the ''anthropophagi'' are mistaken to be described by the immediate following line, "''and men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders.''" In reality, the line actually refers to a separate, different race of mythical beings known as the Blemmyes, who are indeed said to have no head, and have their facial features on the chest. == Accounts == People spell this creature's name in several different ways, 'anthropophagi' or 'anthropophage' being two examples. Herodotus first wrote of ''andropophagi'' in his ''Histories'', where he described them as one of several tribes near Scythia. An extra note indicates that the ''andropophagi'' are cannibals, as reflected in their name: Pliny the Elder later wrote in his ''Naturalis Historia'' that the same cannibals near Scythia wore the scalps of men on their chest. Ammianus Marcellinus wrote in his ''Res Gestae'' a description of the Anthropophagi. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anthropophage」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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