Iliad
(italics) a Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy, ascribed to Homer.
(sometimes lowercase) any similar poem; a long narrative.
(often lowercase) a long series of woes, trials, etc.
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Origin of Iliad
1Other words from Iliad
- Il·i·ad·ic [il-ee-ad-ik], /ˌɪl iˈæd ɪk/, adjective
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How to use Iliad in a sentence
The scientists tracked the words in the "Iliad" the way they would track genes in a genome.
They looked for Swadesh words in the "Iliad" and found 173 of them.
In the Iliad, a Chimera is a grotesque animal jumble, “lion-fronted and snake behind, a goat in the middle.”
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Men have been punching each other in the head since the beginning of time, and you will find references to boxing in The Iliad.
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So Eric left the field, and wandered home, like Calchas in the Iliad, “sorrowful by the side of the sounding sea.”
Eric, or Little by Little | Frederic W. FarrarA long passage in the Iliad gives an account of her toilet when arraying herself for a special occasion.
Greek Sculpture | Estelle M. HurllIn the second room, human passion, power, and tyranny were illustrated in scenes of Greek heroic life from the Iliad.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4) | Richard MutherHere, then, is another difficulty in the path of the theory that the Iliad is the work of four centuries.
Homer and His Age | Andrew LangYet poets of the eighth to seventh centuries were, by the theory, busily adding to and altering the ancient lays of the Iliad.
Homer and His Age | Andrew Lang
British Dictionary definitions for Iliad
/ (ˈɪlɪəd) /
a Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy, attributed to Homer and probably composed before 700 bc
Derived forms of Iliad
- Iliadic (ˌɪlɪˈædɪk), adjective
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