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  • 1Homer — This article is about the Greek poet Homer and the works attributed to him. For other meanings, see Homer (disambiguation). Homeric redirects here. For other uses, see Homeric (disambiguation). See also: English translations of Homer …

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  • 2Iliad — The Iliad (Greek: Ἰλιάς [iliás] (Ancient), Ιλιάδα [ili aða] (Modern)) is, together with the Odyssey , one of two ancient Greek epic poems traditionally attributed to Homer. The poem is commonly dated to the late 9th or to the 8th century BC… …

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  • 3Iliad (disambiguation) — The Iliad is an epic poem (attributed to Homer).Iliad may also refer to: * The iLiad, an e book reading device by iRex Technologies * An Iliad Story (film), an animated film from Airlex Animation Studio * Iliad S.A., a French Internet service… …

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  • 4Homer, Louisiana — Geobox Town name = Town of Homer native name = other name = other name1 = category = Town image size = image caption = flag size = symbol = symbol size = symbol type = nickname = motto = country = United States state = Louisiana region =… …

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  • 5Homer (disambiguation) — Homer is the name given to the purported author of the Ancient Greek poems the Iliad and the Odyssey .Homer can also refer to:People*Homerus of Byzantium (c. 280 BC) Grammarian and tragic poet *Winslow Homer (1836 1910), an American painter… …

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  • 6Homer —    Homer was an essential ingredient to Byzantine education. The oldest complete manuscripts of the Iliad and the Odyssey date from the 10th century, which is when Byzantine scholarly interest in Homer revived. In the 12th century Eustathios of… …

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  • 7Iliad — Il i*ad, n. [L. Ilias, adis, Gr. ?, ? (sc. ?), fr. ?, ?, Ilium, the city of Ilus, a son of Tros, founder of Ilium, which is a poetical name of Troy.] A celebrated Greek epic poem, in twenty four books, on the destruction of Ilium, the ancient… …

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  • 8Iliad Glacier — (coord|64|27|S|63|27|W|type:glacier region:AQ|display=inline,title) is a glacier flowing northeast from the central highlands of Anvers Island between the Achaean and Trojan Ranges into Lapeyrere Bay, in the Palmer Archipelago. Surveyed in 1955… …

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  • 9Homer — a Greek poet who probably lived around 800 to 700 years ↑BC. His two ↑epic poems, the Iliad and the ↑Odyssey, which tell the stories of characters such as ↑Achilles and ↑Odysseus and the Greek war against Troy, have had great influence on… …

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  • 10Iliad — [il′ē əd] n. [L Ilias (gen. Iliadis < Gr Ilias (poiēsis), (poem) concerning Troy < Ilios, Ilium, Troy] a long Greek epic poem, ascribed to Homer, dealing with events near the end of the Trojan War …

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