[Il.i.ad] n [Iliad, ancient Greek epic poem attributed to Homer, fr. L Iliad-, Ilias, fr. Gk, fr. Ilion Troy] (1603) 1 a: a series of miseries or disastrous events b: a series of exploits regarded as suitable for an epic
2: a long narrative; esp: an epic in the Homeric tradition -- Il.i.ad.ic adj