Call her a liar if that's what you believe, Ilion. From Wordnik.com. [Armstrong Expands on the Theme] Reference
North and east stood Ilion, cloven by the Linn-gleam. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of Their Return]
"You're next Firstman of Ilion," the sergeant snapped. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of Their Return]
To fight at Ilion; from whence his fate-confinéd feet. From Wordnik.com. [Historical References to the Oceanides] Reference
The Cimmerian Mountains form the southern marge of Ilion. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of Their Return]
The blind gut, answered doctor Slop, lies betwixt the Ilion and. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman] Reference
Gray granite walled the ancestral seat of the Firstman of Ilion. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of Their Return]
“Does he usually greet visitors on the great tower of Ilion?”. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Silver Bow]
There are some pictures of Planet One at the Ilion studios website. From Wordnik.com. [Filmstalker: Planet One Spanish-British CGI] Reference
Apollo pierced his heart as they fought near the Scæan gates of Ilion. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
Troy or Ilion was the capital of a kingdom in Asia Minor, situated near the. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
Ahead reared the heights of Ilion; down them glowed and thundered the Linn. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of Their Return]
Hector is born in the town of Ilion and is named after Hector in the Iliad. From Wordnik.com. [The Surrendered by Chang-rae Lee: Questions] Reference
The Flone Valley is for the most part a gentler land than the edge of Ilion. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of Their Return]
He, like his fathers before him, had served the Firstmen of Ilion for a lifetime. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of Their Return]
He's Firstman of Ilion, which puts him as high on the planet as anybody 'cept the resident. From Wordnik.com. [The Rebel Worlds]
When the door had been shut, the captain said: "Ahoa, Ivar Frederiksen, Firstling of Ilion.". From Wordnik.com. [The Day of Their Return]
Yakow returned it and in the nasal Anglic of the region said: "Be greeted, Firstling of Ilion.". From Wordnik.com. [The Day of Their Return]
As well as allusions – Hector comes from Ilion, New York – there are attempts at epic diction. From Wordnik.com. [The Surrendered by Chang-Rae Lee] Reference
I see the waters black with ships, and the hosts of the Achaians gathered round the walls of Ilion. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
And ... prior to this occupation, Firstman of Ilion was, automatically, Speaker of all three Houses. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of Their Return]
The man opened the back door, and inside the body of the vehicle were the Ythrian and the Firstling of Ilion. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of Their Return]
Ilion reared dark, the Linn blinding white, to north and northeast; elsewhere the horizon was rolling nakedness. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of Their Return]
I was really glad of this, for Ulysses was never more tired of the shores of Ilion than I of the top of that coach. From Wordnik.com. [Three Years in Europe Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met] Reference
Adramytteion and Antandros of the Pelasgians; and taking mount Ida on the left hand, it came on to the land of Ilion. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Herodotus] Reference
Evidently Commissioner Desai didn't wish to inspire imitations, nor make a hero figure out of the Firstling of Ilion. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of Their Return]
Andromache strode up through the Scaean Gate, which was guarded by the Great Tower of Ilion, and into the city itself. From Wordnik.com. [Shield of Thunder]
The poem concerns events during the ninth year of the Trojan War, the siege of the city of Ilion or Troy, by the Greeks. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference
Many thanks also to the ID proponent ‘Ilion’ wherever he may be for getting me mad enough to actually put it all together. From Wordnik.com. [The Panda's Thumb: Arthur Hunt Archives] Reference
One of your main characters is Hector Brennan, a young soldier with movie-star looks from Ilion, a small town in upstate New York. From Wordnik.com. [Chang-rae Lee - An interview with author] Reference
The Firstman of Ilion, for so you will become in time, has the most legitimate claim, most widely accepted, to speak for this planet. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of Their Return]
"I know of but one Ilion, and that is the Ilion as sung by Homer, which is not to be found except among the muses who dwell on Olympus.". From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
Aeneans, especially nords, who couldn't go along with return of Elders, might well support Firstman of Ilion in throwin 'off Terran yoke. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of Their Return]
Ilion the third, which consists of many crinkles, which serves with the rest to receive, keep, and distribute the chylus from the stomach. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference
McCormac's wife was (is?) the sister of Edward Frederiksen, who for lack of closer kin has thereby succeeded to the Firstmanship of Ilion. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of Their Return]
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