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Greek epic poem by Homer; widely considered the first work in Western literature. Tells the story of a small period of time during the Trojan War, focusing mainly on the character Achilles.

The original Greek version was spoken in rhythm to a lyre by a traveling musician-writer known as a rhapsode, not unlike a modern rapper. In fact, the term rapper comes from the word rhapsode.

There are many English translations, many of which are in the form of prose rather than poetry.

It is a very slow-moving story, regardless of translation, mostly because half of it is spent shouting out the names of hundreds of different Greeks and Trojans who died during the war.
Student 1: My English teacher's making me read the Iliad.
Student 2: Bummer, dude!

Homer: Thus ended Erophobus of Lesbos. Holla!
Greek Nobleman: Dude! He totally quoth the name of my great-great uncle!
iliad by ebolamunkee September 22, 2008
(noun)

A long improvised totally unprepared presentation or speech that goes way over set time limits, but doesn't get cut off and ends up being totally awesome.
Dude, great hour-long presentation, but you know it was supposed to be only 5 minutes? You totally pulled an Ilia there.

A: Have you prepared for your speech today?
B: Nah, I'm just gonna pull off an Ilia.
Ilia by jonjonsonearns October 21, 2012

Dirty Ilja 

A girl that chokes herself for fun, makes videos of it and sends it to people.
Did you also get her video?

Yes, she's such a dirty Ilja.
Dirty Ilja by girlsarepretty April 14, 2020
Iligan is a highly urbanized city in the Philippines. According to the 2007 census, there are 308,046 Iliganons, and are generally classified as handsome (gwapo, tisoy) and the girls are hot and gorgeous (gwapa, tisay). In addition for having good looks and kind attitude, Iliganons are also well known for being smart and well educated. Most of them study at a well revered prestigious university, MSU-IIT. Hence, a lot of major industries flourish in Iligan, and thus made it one of the highly urbanized cities of the country. Anyway, Iligan is also home of Maria Cristina Falls, the falls that provides 50% of the electricity needs of the entire Mindanao. In addition, there are also loads of other waterfalls found in Iligan City, which is why it's also called the City of Waterfalls. Most people from many parts of the world go to Iligan to watch these majestic waterfalls. Also, majority of the people living in Iligan are Christians, however, it is one of the places in the Philippines, were they peacefully co-exist with other religious denominations, especially with the Muslims who practice Islam. In other parts of the country, a lot of Muslims are taking arms against the government, in Iligan they are peacefully trading with everyone else. Insurgents in Iligan don't bomb the ISPs, so it's generally safe to live here. Iligan is one of the most beautiful and peaceful places in the Philippines where one can enjoy staying at the famous Bukana beach resort, where all the hot chicks are.
Guy 1: Dude, I'm going somewhere this summer.

Guy 2: Iligan is hot dude! That's where you can find all the hot chicks! There are also lots of good people there man!
iligan by Geee-em May 10, 2010
Noun.
Refers to a fat bitch with her holes filled with bbcs.
Your Ilian is getting away. Go get her.
Ilian by nooooooobmaster69 May 5, 2019
Ilijas is probably the hottest and coolest guy in your class. He has an 30 inch dick and most of the girl are attracted to him. He's a SIMP and also very clever
A: Hi do you want to fuck Ilijas
B: I did it already
Ilijas by Chillin in tha hood November 23, 2021