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The Iliad

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


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Meanwhile NielsenIQ noted many related works -- including "The Iliad", Madeline Miller's "Circe" and Margaret Atwood's "The Penelopiad" -- had also seen "significant" sales uplifts.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

The Iliad has these big, overstuffed couches and chairs with blown springs.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

MulletChamp.com states that the mullet has a long history: “Homer even described a haircut that sounds eerily familiar in The Iliad: ‘their forelocks cropped, hair grown long at the backs.’”

From Seattle Times Jul. 24, 2023

Experts first found the artwork, which depicts scenes from Trojan war epic The Iliad, in a dig in 2021.

From BBC Nov. 28, 2022

“Take a seat. You’ll have to share with someone. Miss Stephanides has been reading from Book Three of The Iliad for us.”

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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