\l"i*ad\, n. [L. Ilias, -adis, Gr. ?, ? (sc. ?), fr. ?, ?,
Ilium, the city of Ilus, a son of Tros, founder of Ilium,
which is a poetical name of Troy.]
A celebrated Greek epic poem, in twenty-four books, on the
destruction of Ilium, the ancient Troy. The Iliad is ascribed
to Homer.