Homer's Iliad

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ancient Greek epic poem literary work

Homer's Iliad is an ancient Greek epic poem traditionally attributed to Homer that recounts a pivotal period of the Trojan War, focusing on the wrath of Achilles and the conflicts among gods and mortals.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Iliad	18
The Iliad	7
Homer’s Iliad	5
Homeric Iliad	1
Priam’s supplication of Achilles	1
Trojan War cycle	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek epic poem ⓘ literary work ⓘ
approximateCompositionDate	8th century BCE ⓘ
associatedWith	Trojan legend ⓘ
author	Homer ⓘ
canonicalStatus	foundational work of Western literature ⓘ
centralTheme	anger and its consequences ⓘ fate and mortality ⓘ heroic honor ⓘ relationship between gods and mortals ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek literature ⓘ
endsWith	funeral of Hector ⓘ
featuresDeity	Aphrodite ⓘ Apollo ⓘ Ares ⓘ Athena ⓘ Hera ⓘ Poseidon ⓘ Zeus ⓘ
focusesOn	wrath of Achilles ⓘ
followedBy	Homer's Odyssey ⓘ surface form: Odyssey
genre	war epic ⓘ
influenced	Renaissance literature ⓘ Roman literature ⓘ medieval European literature ⓘ modern Western literature ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryForm	epic poetry ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Archaic Greece ⓘ
mainCharacter	Achilles ⓘ Agamemnon ⓘ Hector ⓘ Helen of Troy ⓘ Odysseus ⓘ Paris ⓘ Patroclus ⓘ Priam ⓘ
majorEpisode	Homer's Iliad self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Priam’s supplication of Achilles death of Patroclus ⓘ quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon ⓘ slaying of Hector by Achilles ⓘ
meter	dactylic hexameter ⓘ
narrativeScope	short period in the final year of the Trojan War ⓘ
openingWord	Rage ⓘ
partOf	Epic Cycle ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
setDuring	Trojan War ⓘ
tradition	oral epic tradition ⓘ
traditionalBooks	24 ⓘ

Referenced by (46)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Achilles → appearsIn → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iliad

Demeter → appearsIn → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

Dione → appearsIn → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iliad

Hades → appearsIn → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Homer’s Iliad

Helen of Troy → appearsIn → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iliad

Heracles → appearsIn → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Iliad

Leto → appearsIn → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Iliad

Patroclus → appearsIn → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iliad

Zeus → appearsIn → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

Atreid dynasty → appearsInWork → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iliad

Hermes → appearsInWork → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Homer’s Iliad

Odysseus → associatedWith → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Iliad

Mycenaean civilization → associatedWithWork → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Homer’s Iliad

Troy → basedOn → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

subject surface form: Troy (film)

this entity surface form: Iliad

Apollodorus' Bibliotheca → covers → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trojan War cycle

Moirae → describedIn → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

Trojan cycle → extendsBeyond → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

Aphrodite → featuredInWork → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

Ares → featuredInWork → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

Greco-Roman mythology → hasMythCycle → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Iliad

Storm King Art Center → hasNotableWork → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iliad

Homeric epics → hasPart → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iliad

Argonautica → influencedBy → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iliad

Virgil's Aeneid → influencedBy → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

Cassandra → literaryAppearance → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Homer’s Iliad

Odysseus → literaryWork → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Iliad

Mahabharata → longerThan → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iliad

Homer's Iliad → majorEpisode → Homer's Iliad self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Iliad

this entity surface form: Priam’s supplication of Achilles

Dardanus → mentionedIn → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iliad

Dodona → mentionedIn → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iliad

Eileithyia → mentionedIn → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

Europa → mentionedIn → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Iliad

Magnesia → mentionedIn → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iliad

Magnetes → mentionedIn → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iliad

Oceanus → mentionedIn → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iliad

Tartarus → mentionedIn → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

Ancient Greek → notableWork → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iliad

Homer → notableWork → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iliad

Trojan cycle → prequelTo → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

Homer's Odyssey → relatedWork → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

judgment of Paris → relatedWork → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

subject surface form: Judgment of Paris

this entity surface form: Iliad

Trojan cycle → sequelTo → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

Minos → sourceText → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

Hephaestus → textualSource → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Homer’s Iliad

Alexander Pope → translatedWork → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Iliad

Ionic Greek → usedInWork → Homer's Iliad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Homeric Iliad