ID: 901000352 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000352	Record Type: Literature

	Iliad (epic poem, Homer, 8th century BCE)

Note: Epic poem on the Trojan War traditionally attributed to the ancient Greek poet Homer; in dactylic hexameter. Set during the Trojan War, the 10-year siege of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events surrounding the conflict between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles.

Display Date: 8th century BCE

Names:

	Iliad (epic poem, Homer, 8th century BCE) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Ἰλιάς (epic poem, Homer, 8th century BCE) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Literature and Performing Arts (P)
		....<Named written and performed works> (P)
		........<Literary works: Poetry> (P)
		............Iliad (epic poem, Homer, 8th century BCE) (I)

Related Iconography:

	actor is .... Andromache
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Andromache (Greek character)) [901000596]

	actor is .... Hector
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Hector (Greek character)) [901000597]

	actor is .... Rhesus, King of Thrace
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Rhesus, King of Thrace (Greek character)) [901000701]

	protagonist is .... Achilles
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Achilles (Greek character)) [901000072]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... epic poem
	.....(narrative poems, poems by form, poems, poetry and poems, genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	author is .... Homer (Greek poet, active 8th or 9th century BCE)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Sources:

	Iliad (epic poem, Homer, 8th century BCE)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Ἰλιάς (epic poem, Homer, 8th century BCE)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliad

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliad#/media/File:Akhilleus_Patroklos_Antikensammlung_Berlin_F2278.jpg