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To Split a Head in Two and Pop Out Eye-Balls: On the Plausibility of Two Injuries in the Iliad

Abritta, AlejandroIcon
Fecha de publicación: 01/2023
Editorial: University of Chicago Press
Revista: Classical Philology
ISSN: 0009-837X
e-ISSN: 1546-072X
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de recurso: Artículo publicado
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Resumen

The goal of the present paper is to show the plausibility of two groups of injuries in the Iliad, a skull “split in two” (Il. 16.412–14, 16.578–80, 20.386–87) and the famous popping out of the eyeballs of two warriors hit with a stone in the face (Il. 13.614–18, 16.733–42). Each type of wound is studied by contrasting the descriptions in the poem with current medical research. The conclusions reflect on the issue of realism in the Homeric poems and the impact that the plausibility of the studied wounds have on it.
Palabras clave: HOMER , ILIAD , WOUNDS , REALISM , GORE , DEATH SCENES
 
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/219301
URL: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/722570
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/722570
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Abritta, Alejandro; To Split a Head in Two and Pop Out Eye-Balls: On the Plausibility of Two Injuries in the Iliad; University of Chicago Press; Classical Philology; 118; 1; 1-2023; 96-104
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