Fronimopoulos J, Lascaratos J
Doc Ophthalmol. 1990 Feb;74(1-2):125-33. doi: 10.1007/BF00165670.
After a short introduction to the Homeric Epics, the name of Homer and the time and place where the poems were written, the authors refer to the terms of the eyes and to the verses where they are found. Among these terms, the most important is the term omicron phi theta alpha lambda mu omicron sigma, the first term for the eye in ophthalmology, which has remained throughout the years unchanged. Finally, they refer to the injuries of the eyes, the participation of the two sons of Asclepios in the Trojan campaign and to the verses including the classical paragraph '... a doctor is more capable than the other men ...' Both Epics relating to the cardinal human values: prudence, temperance, fortitude and justice, contain the lofty ideal of human excellence, called by the Greeks alpha rho epsilon tau eta.
在对荷马史诗、荷马的名字以及诗歌创作的时间和地点进行简短介绍之后，作者们提及了眼部相关术语以及出现这些术语的诗句。在这些术语中，最重要的是“omicron phi theta alpha lambda mu omicron sigma”，这是眼科中表示眼睛的首个术语，多年来一直未变。最后，他们提到了眼部损伤、阿斯克勒庇俄斯的两个儿子参与特洛伊战争以及包含经典段落“……医生比其他人更有能力……”的诗句。两部史诗都关乎人类的基本价值观：审慎、节制、坚毅和正义，蕴含着希腊人所称的人类卓越的崇高理想——“alpha rho epsilon tau eta”。
