the iliad
31The Big War — is the second novel of Anton Myrer, published by Appleton Century Crofts in 1957. While Myrer is best known for his 1968 novel Once an Eagle, this was his first commercial and critical success.The ordinary soldier s perception of battle is… …
32ILIAD — the great epic poem of Homer, consisting of 24 books, the subject of which is the wrath of ACHILLES (q.v.), and the events which followed during the last year of the ten years Trojan War, so called from ILION one of the names of Troy.… …
33Polis and its culture (The) — The polis and its culture Robin Osborne INTRODUCTION ‘We love wisdom without becoming soft’, Thucydides has the Athenian politician Pericles claim, using the verb philosophein.1 Claims to, and respect for, wisdom in archaic Greece were by no… …
34Hermoniakos' Iliad — The Hermoniakos Iliad (Greek: Ἰλιάς Κωνσταντίνου Ἑρμονιακοῦ) is a 14th century Byzantine paraphrase of the Iliad composed by Constantine Hermoniakos. The poem was commissioned by the Despot of Epirus, who asked Hermoniakos to write a new version… …
35Ionians (The) — The Ionians Malcolm Schofield THALES AND OTHERS The Greeks agreed that philosophy had begun with Thales. However they did not know much about his views.1 What survives is mostly a potent legend. Herodotus tells stories of his practical ingenuity …
36List of cultural references in The Divine Comedy — The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri is a long allegorical poem in three parts or canticas (or cantiche ), Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise), and 100 cantos, with the Inferno having 34, Purgatorio 33, and Paradiso 33 …
37iLiad — Zweite Version des iLiad …
38The Dunciad — Alexander Pope The Dunciad /ˈd …
39Ambrosian Iliad — The Ambrosian Iliad (Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Cod. F. 205 Inf.) is a 5th century illuminated manuscript of the Iliad of Homer. It is thought to have been produced in Constantinople during the late 5th or early 6th century, specifically… …
40Iliad — noun Etymology: Iliad, ancient Greek epic poem attributed to Homer, from Latin Iliad , Ilias, from Greek, from Ilion Troy Date: 1603 1. a. a series of miseries or disastrous events b. a series of exploits regarded as suitable for an epic 2. a… …
