As above, so below

[image error]The Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery has an intriguing article on head injuries from Ancient Greece which has a section on 'Unusual cranial injuries in prominent men'.

There is something cosmically poetic in the fact that the 'father of tragedy' Aeschylos died from being hit on the head by a turtle.

The death of the father of tragedy, Aeschylos (524–455 B.C.) is a very unusual case of accidental head trauma. At the age of seventy Aeschylos was mortally injured by a turtle thrown by an...