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  2. Iliad - Wikipedia

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    The Iliad (/ ˈ ɪ l i ə d / ⓘ; [1] Ancient Greek: Ἰλιάς, romanized: Iliás, ; lit. ' [a poem] about Ilion (Troy) ') is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences.

  3. Historicity of the Iliad - Wikipedia

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    In The World of Odysseus, Finley presents a picture of the society represented by the Iliad and the Odyssey, avoiding the question as "beside the point that the narrative is a collection of fictions from beginning to end". [14]: 9 Finley was in a minority when his World of Odysseus first appeared in 1954. With the understanding that war was the ...

  4. Uniform Power of Attorney Act - Wikipedia

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    In 1969, the ULC promulgated the Uniform Probate Code, which created a basis for a national framework for powers of attorney. However, since a normal power of attorney ends once its purpose has been fulfilled or the principal is incapacitated, states made a distinction between this normal power of attorney and a durable power of attorney, which ...

  5. Jim Ryan (politician) - Wikipedia

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    James E. Ryan (February 21, 1946 – June 12, 2022) was an American lawyer and politician who served two four-year terms as Illinois Attorney General. A career Republican , he received his party's nomination and ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Illinois against Rod Blagojevich in 2002 .

  6. The Iliad or the Poem of Force - Wikipedia

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    The Iliad, or The Poem of Force" (French: L'Iliade ou le poème de la force) is a 24-page essay written in 1939 by Simone Weil. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The essay is about Homer 's epic poem the Iliad and contains reflections on the conclusions one can draw from the epic regarding the nature of force in human affairs.

  7. Venetus A - Wikipedia

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    a full text of the Iliad in ancient Greek; marginal critical marks, shown by finds of ancient papyri to reflect fairly accurately those that would have been in Aristarchus' edition of the Iliad; damaged excerpts from Proclus' Chrestomathy, namely the Life of Homer, and summaries of all of the Epic Cycle except the Cypria

  8. After ruling against White Castle in a biometric case that potentially could have cost the company $17 billion, the Illinois Supreme Court hinted that the General Assembly may want to clarify the law.

  9. Trojan Battle Order - Wikipedia

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    The Trojan Battle Order or Trojan Catalogue is an epic catalogue in the second book of the Iliad [1] listing the allied contingents that fought for Troy in the Trojan War.The catalogue is noted for its deficit of detail compared to the immediately preceding Catalogue of Ships, which lists the Greek contingents, and for the fact that only a few of the many Trojans mentioned in the Iliad appear ...