There has been a lot of discussion recently about the type of helmet that Odysseus will use in Christopher Nolan's film about the Odyssey.

“‘The Illiad’ [the story that takes place prior to ‘The Odyssey’] describes Odysseus wearing a kino leather helmet adorned with boar tusks, but Hollywood can never resist the siren song ...

Male wild boars grow tusks from both their upper and lower jaws. The upper tusks are hollow and are used as a tool to keep the lower tusks very sharp. Although females lack these upper sharpening ...