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Homer first mentioned story of Troy in Iliad and Odyssey. From Wordnik.com. ["Menelous himself hidden in it"] Reference
Petunia: Yeah, I've heard that The Iliad is very gory and violent. From Wordnik.com. [The Odyssey by Homer] Reference
The name Iliad he considered a misnomer, since Troy is not the subject of the story. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne] Reference
The Iliad is like climbing a mountain, and The Odyssey is like mountain biking down it. From Wordnik.com. [The Odyssey by Homer] Reference
Nibelungenlied, -- of which we give a synopsis, -- which is often termed the Iliad of Germany, while "Gudrun" is considered its Odyssey. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Epic] Reference
"Iliad" -- line by line I clasped it to my brain with reverence as well as with love. From Wordnik.com. [On The Art of Reading] Reference
The Iliad is a poem of pure savagery, but everything is out in the open. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
The Iliad is a good choice for a long time it was taken as gospel truth. From Wordnik.com. [Intelligently-Designed Narratives: Mythicism as History-Stopper] Reference
The manners of the Iliad are the manners of the patriarchal and early ages of the East. From Wordnik.com. [The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper] Reference
The subject of the Iliad was the exploits of Achilles and of the other Grecian heroes before. From Wordnik.com. [A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest] Reference
I waive that the Iliad is a well-knit epic and the story of Beowulf a shapeless monstrosity. From Wordnik.com. [VIII. On the Lineage of English Literature (I)] Reference
Few scholars have held or will hold that The Iliad is a "deceptive, secretive" satire upon war. From Wordnik.com. [Inventing Games] Reference
One poem, called the Iliad, is the story of the war itself and of the Greeks 'greatest warrior, Achilles. From Wordnik.com. Reference
That the story is sensational cannot be denied, but it is at least worthy of being called the Iliad of Crime. From Wordnik.com. [Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3] Reference
It’s an effect at least as old as Homer, which we recall when we think of the famous catalogue of ships in Iliad 2. From Wordnik.com. [Postcard from America: Place Names : A.E. Stallings : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation] Reference
Now be it remembered, that the grand topic of the Iliad is the fatal influence of the wrath of kings on the success of armies. From Wordnik.com. [Early Reviews of English Poets] Reference
These legends are preserved in Attic drama of the fifth century B.C.E. and in the epic poems called the Iliad and the Odyssey. From Wordnik.com. [2. The Dark Ages, 1200-800 B.C.E] Reference
In a certain sense the Iliad is the most dramatic poem in the world, for the dramatic picture lives undisturbed by lyrism or meditation. From Wordnik.com. [Old Familiar Faces] Reference
Book 2 of the Iliad is the catalog of the ships. From Wordnik.com. [Charles B. Huggins - Banquet Speech] Reference
"Iliad" is good reading, though only a small part may be comprehended. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860] Reference
In the "Iliad" of Homer you may read all about the quarrel between the. From Wordnik.com. [Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12)] Reference
"Iliad" he would read to them the thoughts of the world's greatest poet. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Affinities of History — Complete] Reference
She also translated the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey," with a preface and notes. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
Sounds like an interesting read considering that I enjoyed "Iliad" and "Odyssey". From Wordnik.com. [Troy: Fall of Kings by David & Stella Gemmell] Reference
You know the first lines of the "Iliad," in which the poet says that Chryses prayed. From Wordnik.com. [The Republic by Plato ; translated by Benjamin Jowett] Reference
Mr. Bryant published his translation of the "Iliad," when the necessity no longer existed. From Wordnik.com. [The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 A Typographic Art Journal] Reference
Nor will the "Iliad" be read with greater delight, by the reader's reception of such an idea. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843] Reference
The earliest masterpieces of Greek and English literature are the "Iliad," the "Canterbury Tales," and the. From Wordnik.com. [The Nation in a Nutshell] Reference
In this biography, Alexander is a hero sprung from the "Iliad": a figure quite as golden, as deadly and as tragic as Achilles. From Wordnik.com. [The Greatest of Them All] Reference
From Iran, UNESCO selected a copy of the "Book of Kings" by the poet Ferdowsi (941-1020), the equivalent of Homer's "Iliad" in the. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
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