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Iliad
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English
Alternative forms
en The Iliad
Etymology
From en la Iliadis, genitive of la Ilias, from en grc Ἰλιάς, the poem about grc Ἴλιον an alternative name for Troy. en Ili- -ad.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɪliˌæd/ US en /ˈɪli.əd/
en En-us-Iliad2.oga GA, en En-us-Iliad.oga GA
Proper noun
the Iliad
en Q8275 An Ancient Greek epic poem, ascribed to Homer, which depicts events near the end of the Trojan War.
en Odyssey
Derived terms
en Iliadic Iliadist
Related terms
en Ilium
Translations
ancient Greek epic poem about the Trojan War
Arabic: ar الإِلْيَاذَة f
Armenian: hy Իլիական
Catalan: ca Ilíada f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 伊利亞特 Yīlìyǎtè
Danish: da Iliaden c
Dutch: nl Ilias c
Esperanto: eo Iliado
Finnish: fi Ilias
French: fr Iliade f
Georgian: ka ილიადა
German: de Ilias f, de Iliade f
Bavarian: bar Ilias
Greek: el Ιλιάδα f
Ancient Greek: grc Ἰλιάς f
Hindi: hi ईलियास m
Hungarian: hu Iliász
Icelandic: is Ilíonskviða f
Italian: it Iliade f
Japanese: ja イーリアス Īriasu
Korean: ko ^일리아드, ko ^일리아스
Latin: la Īlias f
Lithuanian: lt Ilijada m
Macedonian: mk Илијада f
Mingrelian: xmf ილიადა
Odia: or ଇଲିଆଡ୍
Polish: pl Iliada f
Portuguese: pt Ilíada f
Romanian: ro Iliada f
Russian: ru Илиа́да f
Serbo-Croatian:
Latin: sh Ilijada f
Spanish: es Ilíada f
Swedish: sv Iliaden
Tagalog: tl Ilyada
Tamil: ta இலியட்
Ukrainian: uk Іліада f
Noun
A specific version, edition, translation, or copy of the above-mentioned Homeric text.
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.
Anagrams
en adiil Lidia
en Trojan War Artistic works