Iliadn.

Brit.

/ˈɪlɪəd/,

/ˈɪlɪad/, U.S.

/ˈɪliəd/,

/ˈɪliˌæd/

Etymology: < Latin Īlias, Īliad-, < Greek Ἰλιάς (1) sc. γῆ, the Troad, Troy, (2) sc. γυνή, a Trojan woman, (3) sc. ποίησις, the Iliad; < Ἴλιος, Ἴλιον Ilion, Ilium, Troy, the scene of the Trojan war. Compare French Iliade (16th cent. in Littré).

1. One of the two great epic poems of ancient Greece (the other being the Odyssey) traditionally attributed to Homer, describing the ten years' siege of Ilium or Troy by the Greeks.Sometimes used, with ordinal numeral, for one book of the Iliad: hence formerly in plural for the whole poem.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > narrative poem > [noun] > epic poem > specific epic poems

AeneidOE

OdysseyOE

Iliad1579

Ramayana1714

Theseid1725

Thebaïd1728

Cid1755

Mahabharata1768

Nibelungenlied1810

1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse Ep. Ded. sig. ☞4 Homers Iliades in a nutte shell, a kinges picture in a pennye.

1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. Pref. The Descriptions of his Battels, which take up no less than half the Iliad.

1828 R. Whately Rhetoric in Encycl. Metrop. 250/1 No one would believe it possible for such a work as the Iliad, e.g. to be produced by a fortuitous shaking together of the letters of the alphabet.

1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 163 In the Sixth Iliad.

attributive.1791 W. Cowper Let. 10 Mar. (1982) III. 476 I have two French prints..both on Iliad subjects.

2. transferred and figurative.

a. An epic poem like that of Homer, or a poem describing martial exploits.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > narrative poem > [noun] > epic poem > like specific epic poem

Iliad1620

Theseid1725

1620 N. Brent tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Councel of Trent i. 2 The Iliade of our age.

1674 W. J. (title) English Iliads; or, a Sea-Fight reviewed in a Poem.

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. iii. 80/2 Certain Iliads, and the like, have, in three thousand years, attained quite new significance.

b. A long series of disasters or the like (Greek ἰλιάς κακῶν, Demosthenes); a long story or account.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > types of narrative or story generally > [noun] > long

Iliad1609

to spin a yarn1819

saga1935

1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 359 Her stay brought forth..an Iliad of miseries.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xxiv. 867/1 [They] heaped an Iliade of curses vpon the heades of the Executioners.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 307 Fevers, Gout, Falling-sickness, and an Iliad of Distempers.

1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France ii, in Wks. (1808) VIII. 233 It opens another Iliad of woes to Europe.

1865 Times 29 Apr. An opportunity of learning a whole Iliad of finance in a comparative nutshell.

Derivatives

Iliˈadic adj. of or pertaining to the Iliad.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > narrative poem > [adjective] > epic or heroic > specific epic poems

Odyssean1870

Iliadic1892

1892 A. M. Clerke Familiar Stud. Homer i. 29 The experience of the Iliadic bard.

1897 S. Butler Authoress of Odyssey Pref. 6 The leading Iliadic and Odyssean scholars.

ˈIliadist n. (a) a singer of the Iliad, a rhapsodist; (b) a writer of ‘Iliads’ (see 2a).

ΚΠ

a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo in Wks. (1721) III. 289 The Iliadists in Scarlet Robes are drest..To picture what they sing of..Wars, and Blood of Greeks and Trojans slain.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. i. i. 22 All real Poets, to this hour, are Psalmists and Iliadists after their sort.

ˈIliadize v. to relate in the manner of the Iliad.

ΚΠ

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 31 M. Vlisses..of whome it is Illiadizd that your very nose dropt sugar candie.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	iliad
释义	Iliadn. Brit. /ˈɪlɪəd/, /ˈɪlɪad/, U.S. /ˈɪliəd/, /ˈɪliˌæd/ Etymology: < Latin Īlias, Īliad-, < Greek Ἰλιάς (1) sc. γῆ, the Troad, Troy, (2) sc. γυνή, a Trojan woman, (3) sc. ποίησις, the Iliad; < Ἴλιος, Ἴλιον Ilion, Ilium, Troy, the scene of the Trojan war. Compare French Iliade (16th cent. in Littré). 1. One of the two great epic poems of ancient Greece (the other being the Odyssey) traditionally attributed to Homer, describing the ten years' siege of Ilium or Troy by the Greeks.Sometimes used, with ordinal numeral, for one book of the Iliad: hence formerly in plural for the whole poem. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > narrative poem > [noun] > epic poem > specific epic poems AeneidOE OdysseyOE Iliad1579 Ramayana1714 Theseid1725 Thebaïd1728 Cid1755 Mahabharata1768 Nibelungenlied1810 1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse Ep. Ded. sig. ☞4 Homers Iliades in a nutte shell, a kinges picture in a pennye. 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. Pref. The Descriptions of his Battels, which take up no less than half the Iliad. 1828 R. Whately Rhetoric in Encycl. Metrop. 250/1 No one would believe it possible for such a work as the Iliad, e.g. to be produced by a fortuitous shaking together of the letters of the alphabet. 1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 163 In the Sixth Iliad. attributive.1791 W. Cowper Let. 10 Mar. (1982) III. 476 I have two French prints..both on Iliad subjects. 2. transferred and figurative. a. An epic poem like that of Homer, or a poem describing martial exploits. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > narrative poem > [noun] > epic poem > like specific epic poem Iliad1620 Theseid1725 1620 N. Brent tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Councel of Trent i. 2 The Iliade of our age. 1674 W. J. (title) English Iliads; or, a Sea-Fight reviewed in a Poem. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. iii. 80/2 Certain Iliads, and the like, have, in three thousand years, attained quite new significance. b. A long series of disasters or the like (Greek ἰλιάς κακῶν, Demosthenes); a long story or account. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > types of narrative or story generally > [noun] > long Iliad1609 to spin a yarn1819 saga1935 1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 359 Her stay brought forth..an Iliad of miseries. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xxiv. 867/1 [They] heaped an Iliade of curses vpon the heades of the Executioners. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 307 Fevers, Gout, Falling-sickness, and an Iliad of Distempers. 1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France ii, in Wks. (1808) VIII. 233 It opens another Iliad of woes to Europe. 1865 Times 29 Apr. An opportunity of learning a whole Iliad of finance in a comparative nutshell. Derivatives Iliˈadic adj. of or pertaining to the Iliad. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > narrative poem > [adjective] > epic or heroic > specific epic poems Odyssean1870 Iliadic1892 1892 A. M. Clerke Familiar Stud. Homer i. 29 The experience of the Iliadic bard. 1897 S. Butler Authoress of Odyssey Pref. 6 The leading Iliadic and Odyssean scholars. ˈIliadist n. (a) a singer of the Iliad, a rhapsodist; (b) a writer of ‘Iliads’ (see 2a). ΚΠ a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo in Wks. (1721) III. 289 The Iliadists in Scarlet Robes are drest..To picture what they sing of..Wars, and Blood of Greeks and Trojans slain. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. i. i. 22 All real Poets, to this hour, are Psalmists and Iliadists after their sort. ˈIliadize v. to relate in the manner of the Iliad. ΚΠ 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 31 M. Vlisses..of whome it is Illiadizd that your very nose dropt sugar candie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1579
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