IL'IAD, noun [from Ilium, Ilion, Troy.] An epic poem, composed by Homer, in twenty four books. The subject of this poem is the wrath of Achilles; in describing which, the poet exhibits the miserable effects of disunion and public dissensions. Hence the phrase, Ilias malorum, an iliad of woes or calamities, a world of disasters.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.