iliad
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- 6
- Words With Friends
- 7
- Letters
- 5
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Definition of iliad
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
name
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An Ancient Greek epic poem, ascribed to Homer, which depicts events near the end of the Trojan War.
“Coordinate term: Odyssey”
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name
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An Ancient Greek epic poem, ascribed to Homer, which depicts events near the end of the Trojan War.
“Coordinate term: Odyssey”
noun
- A specific version, edition, translation, or copy of the above-mentioned Homeric text.
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Any long tragic story.
“[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 Latin Iliadis, genitive of Ilias, from Ancient Greek Ἰλιάς (Iliás), the poem about Ἴλιον (Ílion, an alternative name for Troy). By surface analysis, Ili- + -ad.
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