Examples of “Iliad” in a Sentence

noun Homer's ancient Greek epic poem about the final weeks of the Trojan War, centered on the rage of Achilles.

• She read the Iliad in translation for her classics course.
• The professor compared the battle scene to something out of the Iliad.

noun By extension, any long, dramatic, or tragic story of struggle.

• His account of the divorce turned into a two-hour Iliad of grievances.
• The company's turnaround was practically a corporate Iliad.