TY - JOUR
T1 - Aeschylus' Legendary Head Trauma
T2 - Reflections on Pseudopathology and the Origins of Mythology
AU - Perciaccante, Antonio
AU - Lippi, Donatella
AU - Coralli, Alessia
AU - Charlier, Philippe
AU - Appenzeller, Otto
AU - Galassi, Francesco Maria
AU - Varotto, Elena
AU - Bianucci, Raffaella
PY - 2020/1/1
Y1 - 2020/1/1
N2 - Cranial trauma was one of the most frequent pathological events in Ancient Greece, occurring mainly during athletic games or on the battlefield. In his epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey, Homer described 41 injuries of the head, face, and cervical spine.1 Here, we report one of the most famous cranial injuries due to an unusual accident: the head trauma that allegedly killed Aeschylus.
AB - Cranial trauma was one of the most frequent pathological events in Ancient Greece, occurring mainly during athletic games or on the battlefield. In his epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey, Homer described 41 injuries of the head, face, and cervical spine.1 Here, we report one of the most famous cranial injuries due to an unusual accident: the head trauma that allegedly killed Aeschylus.
KW - Aeschylus
KW - Head Trauma
KW - Psudopathology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85077250016&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/SCS.0000000000006211
DO - 10.1097/SCS.0000000000006211
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 31881593
AN - SCOPUS:85077250016
SN - 1049-2275
VL - 31
SP - 30
EP - 31
JO - Journal of Craniofacial Surgery
JF - Journal of Craniofacial Surgery
IS - 1
ER -