The Iliad

Cultural  

1. An epic by Homer that recounts the story of the Trojan War (see also Trojan War).

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Example Sentences

Spread out on a table, which is covered with a velvet cloth, the evidence includes several frayed books, including “The Iliad”; a violin and a flute; a palm-leaf fan; daisies in a metal ewer; and more.

From The Wall Street Journal

The ancient Greek kingdom of Pylos is nowhere near as familiar in today’s popular consciousness as city-states with names like Corinth or Thebes, but it did get a shout-out from Homer in both the Iliad and the Odyssey.

From Los Angeles Times

This was known inside Amazon, the FTC said, as the “Iliad flow,” a term that evokes the seemingly endless Trojan War as described in Homer’s epic.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s a heartening, humanistic thesis that even a rather dull dude like Chuck has an inner life that rivals “The Iliad.”

From Los Angeles Times

Thrace’s tribes were wealthy and sophisticated, cited in “The Iliad” as allies of the Trojans who arrived in gilded chariots.

From Los Angeles Times