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    The Iliad (/ˈɪliəd/; Ancient Greek: Ἰλιάς, romanized: Iliás, [iː.li.ás]; lit. '[a poem] about Ilion (Troy)') is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems...
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    The iLiad was an electronic handheld device, or e-Reader, which could be used for document reading and editing. Like the Barnes and Noble nook, Sony Reader...
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    Iliad S.A. is a French telecommunications company. It is based in Paris and its operations comprise fixed and mobile telephony services, prepaid phone...
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    century BCE) was an Ancient Greek poet who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek...
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  • The Little Iliad (Greek: Ἰλιὰς μικρά, Ilias mikra; Latin: parva Illias) is a lost epic of ancient Greek literature. It was one of the Epic Cycle, that...
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  • Look up Iliad in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Iliad is an epic poem attributed to Homer. Iliad may also refer to: iLiad, an e-book reading device...
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    Iliad Italia S.p.A. is an Italian telecommunications company, wholly-owned subsidiary of the French group Iliad SA In December 2022, with 9.56 million...
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    may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. The historicity of the Iliad or the Homeric Question has been a topic of scholarly debate for centuries...
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    Trojan War (section Iliad)
    through many works of Greek literature, most notably Homer's Iliad. The core of the Iliad (Books II – XXIII) describes a period of four days and two nights...
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    was a Greek hero of the Trojan War and an important character in Homer's Iliad. Born in Opus, Patroclus was the son of the Argonaut Menoetius. When he...
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    the greatest of all the Greek warriors. The central character in Homer's Iliad, he was the son of the Nereid Thetis and Peleus, king of Phthia and famous...
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  • Translators and scholars have translated the main works attributed to Homer, the Iliad and Odyssey, from the Homeric Greek into English, since the 16th and 17th...
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    tried to persuade Achilles to return. Phoenix appears as a character in the Iliad, where Homer has him tell his story. He is also mentioned several times...
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    numerous Greek legends and works of Ancient Greek literature such as the Iliad. In myth, he is prince of Troy, son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba, and...
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    portrayed as a towering figure and a warrior of great courage in Homer's Iliad and in the Epic Cycle, a series of epic poems about the Trojan War, being...
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    Zeus (category Deities in the Iliad)
    At the oracle of Dodona, his consort was said to be Dione, by whom the Iliad states that he fathered Aphrodite. According to the Theogony, Zeus's first...
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  • This is a list of principal characters in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. Achilles (Ἀχιλλεύς), the leader of the Myrmidons (Μυρμιδόνες), son of Peleus and...
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    (laos) 'people') was a Greek king of Mycenaean (pre-Dorian) Sparta. According to the Iliad, the Trojan war began as a result of Menelaus's wife, Helen, fleeing to...
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    the so-called Little Iliad, the Iliupersis, the Nostoi, and the Telegony. Scholars sometimes include the two Homeric epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey, among...
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    already known to Greco-Roman legend and myth, having been a character in the Iliad. Virgil took the disconnected tales of Aeneas' wanderings, his vague association...
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    is a key element of the stories associated with the Trojan War. In the Iliad, Homer describes a deep and meaningful relationship between Achilles and...
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    Olympic Iliad, also known as Pasta Tube, is a 1984 steel sculpture by Alexander Liberman, located in the lawn surrounding the Space Needle at Seattle...
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    Ogyges (Ὠγύγης). "Gyes", rather than Gyges, is found in some texts. Homer's Iliad gives Briareus a second name, saying that Briareus is the name the gods...
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    refused as it would mean one of the original twelve being "cast out". In the Iliad, the goddess Themis, who is listed among the twelve Titans, dwells on Olympus...
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    Homer's Iliad, it does not actually occur in the Iliad, but was described in later Greek and Roman poetry and drama concerning events after the Iliad, later...
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    from Mycenaean times. Iliad, VIII, 542 ff. Iliad, XI, 171 ff. Iliad, XII. Homer, Iliad 15, end The Iliad, book XVI Homer, Iliad Book 17 Lattimore, Richmond...
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    technical term for a skilled oral epic poet in the tradition to which the Iliad and Odyssey are believed to belong (compare rhapsode). In classical Greek...
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    shareholder of the French Internet service provider and mobile operator Iliad trading under the Free brand (France's second-largest ISP, and third mobile...
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    Hippodameia (Ἱπποδάμεια, [hippodámeːa]), is a significant character in the Iliad. Her role as a status symbol is at the heart of the dispute between Achilles...
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    Hephaestus (category Deities in the Iliad)
    actually Rhea, transformed in that way by Hephaestus. According to Homer (Iliad, I 571–577), Hera is mentioned as the mother of Hephaestus but there is...
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