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Webster 1913 Edition

Iliad

Il′i-ad

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Noun.
[L.
Ilias
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-adis
, Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK] (sc. [GREEK]), fr. [GREEK], [GREEK], Ilium, the city of Ilus, a son of Tros, founder of Ilium, which is a poetical name of Troy.]
A celebrated Greek epic poem, in twenty-four books, on the destruction of Ilium, the ancient Troy. The Iliad is ascribed to Homer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Iliad

IL'IAD

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Noun.
[from Ilium, Ilion, Troy.] An epic poem, composed by Homer, in twenty four books. The subject of this poem is the wrath of Achilles; in describing which,the poet exhibits the miserable effects of disunion and public dissensions. Hence the phrase, Ilias malorum, an Iliad of woes or calamities, a world of disasters.

Definition 2024

Iliad

Iliad

English

Proper noun

Iliad

  1. A famous ancient Greek epic poem about the Trojan War, attributed to Homer.

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Noun

Iliad ‎(plural Iliads)

  1. A specific version, edition, translation, or copy of the above-mentioned Homeric text.
  2. Any long tragic story.
    • 1907: Gilbert Parker, The Weavers - [As they] listened to the tale he unfolded, some glow of pity must have possessed them; for it was an Iliad of herculean struggle against absolute disaster, ending with the bitter news of his grandfather's death.

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἰλιάς ‎(Iliás), the poem about Ἴλιον ‎(Ílion), an alternate name for Troy.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɪliˌæd/

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