Epical

Usage examples of iliadic.

This seeming indecorum reminds us that, in a very real sense, the epic battlefield is not the place for Aeneas, that the hero of this poem is constantly forced to act against his instincts and his most cherished beliefs and ideals in a way that would be unthinkable for an Iliadic hero.

The other two Iliadic armings are those of Patroclus, full of pathos, and of Achilles, full of wrath, but also of foreboding, for it is on this occasion that the horse Xanthos prophesies his coming death.

Odysseus meets the shades of his comrades Agamemnon and Achilles in Hades, Iliadic material is avoided: Agamemnon tells the story of his death at the hands of his wife and her lover, Odysseus tells Achilles about the heroic feats of arms of his son Neoptolemus and later talks to Ajax about the award of the arms of Achilles.

The battle with the suitors brings the violence of Iliadic warfare into the center of civilization, a hall meant for feasting, hospitality, and, at most, song about such deeds.

As if an Oceanian mariculturist, a Himalayan knight, a businessman in Nairobi, and a spaceman working out of an Iliadic base didn't know best what their special problems are and what to do about them.