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Greek epic poem, in twenty-four books, on the destruction of Ilium, the ancient Troy. The Iliad is ascribed to Homer.

ousand things; especially, a period of a thousand years. The world, then in the seventh chiliad, will be assumed up unto God. Sir. T. More.

A glance of the eye; an amorous look. [Obs.] She gave strange oeillades and most speaking looks. Shak.

Resembling Achilles, the hero of the Iliad; invincible.

The battle between the frogs and mice; -- a Greek parody on the Iliad, of uncertain authorship.

nspire; to compose; as, to dictate a letter to an amanuensis. The mind which dictated the Iliad. Wayland. Pages dictated by the Holy Spirit. Macaulay.

equal; to compare as equal. Which we equalize, and perhaps would willingly prefer to the Iliad. Orrery.

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or the person who has the principal share in the transactions related; as Achilles in the Iliad, Ulysses in the Odyssey, and Æneas in the Æneid. The shining quality of an epic hero. Dryden. Hero worship, extravagant admiration for great men, likened to the ancient worship of heroes. Hero worship exists, has existed, an…

ly be a dactyl, and the sixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed the Iliad of Homer and the Æneid of Virgil. In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity. Leaped like the | roe when he | hears in the | woodland the | voice of the | huntsman. Longfellow. Strongly it | bears us a- | long…

o lead in; to introduce. [Obs.] The poet may be seen inducing his personages in the first Iliad. Pope.

ic poem adapted for recitation, or usually recited, at one time; hence, a division of the Iliad or the Odyssey; -- called also a book.

A herald, in the Iliad, who had a very loud voice; hence, any person having a powerful voice.

The infernal regions, described in the Iliad as situated as far below Hades as heaven is above the earth, and by later writers as the place of punishment for the spirits of the wicked. By the later poets, also, the name is often used synonymously with Hades, or the Lower World in general.

A stroke; a touch. By this single trait Homer makes an essential difference between the Iliad and Odyssey. Broome.

To translate; to construe; as, to turn the Iliad. Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown. Pope.

a voice or vocal quality; having a loud voice or many voices; vocal; sounding. Beheld the Iliad and the Odyssey Rise to the swelling of the voiceful sea. Coleridge.