title: Injuries to the head and neck in Homer's Iliad.
abstract: We have found and reported on all injuries to the head and neck described in Homer's Iliad, and give several particularly graphic examples.
authors.affiliation: Peripheral Medical Center of Poros, General Hospital of Piraeus Tzannio, Greece. sapounakis@voila.fr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sapounakis
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rallis
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mourouzis
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Konsolaki
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tesseromatis
mesh_terms: D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000266:history*; D000076145:Greece, Ancient; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D019838:Neck Injuries / Q000266:history*; D011037:Poetry as Topic; D014421:Turkey; D014857:Warfare