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Specialty Expressions: ILIAD OF ILLS

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Iliad of IllsLiterature(An). Ilias malorum (Cicero: Ad Atticum, viii. 11). A number of evils falling simultaneously; there is scarce a calamity in the whole catalogue of human ills that finds not mention in the Iliad, hence the Homeric poem was the fountain of classic tragedy. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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