Associations to the word «Iliad»

Wiktionary

ILIAD, proper noun. A famous ancient Greek epic poem about the Trojan War, attributed to Homer.
ILIAD, proper noun. Any long tragic story.
ILIAD, noun. A specific version, edition, translation, or copy of the above-mentioned Homeric text.

Dictionary definition

ILIAD, noun. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates