The Iliad

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

Example Sentences

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.

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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.

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

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

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Dramatically, “Memnon” feels as if a section of “The Iliad” were being theatrically illustrated.

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