@article{2991955, title = "Injuries to the head and neck in Homer's Iliad", author = "Sapounakis, C. and Rallis, G. and Mourouzis, C. and Konsolaki, E. and Tesseromatis, C.", journal = "BRITISH JOURNAL OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY", year = "2007", volume = "45", number = "2", pages = "112-115", issn = "0266-4356", doi = "10.1016/j.bjoms.2006.04.003", keywords = "article; cervical spine injury; clavicle; decapitation; frontal bone; head and neck injury; literature; neck injury; orbit injury; skull injury; temporal bone; war, Craniocerebral Trauma; Greece; History, Ancient; Humans; Medicine in Literature; Neck Injuries; Poetry; Turkey; War", 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. © 2006 The British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons." }