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

IF 0.7 2区历史学 0 CLASSICS CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1086/722570

A. Abritta

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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.

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把一个人的头劈成两半，然后剜出眼球:论《伊利亚特》中两处伤的合理性

本论文的目的是展示《伊利亚特》中两组损伤的真实性，一组是头骨“一分为二”（Il.16.412–14，16.578–80，20.386–87），另一组是两名战士被石头击中面部后眼球弹出的著名事件（Il.13.614–18，16.733–42）。通过将诗中的描述与当前的医学研究进行对比，对每种类型的损伤进行了研究。结论反映了荷马诗歌中的现实主义问题，以及所研究伤口的合理性对现实主义问题的影响。

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CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY CLASSICS-

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