ILIAD

(Yunanca köken — orijinale bakınız.) The oldest epic poem in existence;commonly attributed to Homer, but, according to wme modern hypotheses, the work of several hands. The theme of the poem is the siege of Ilium (whence its name) or Troy; or, more properly speaking, the quarrel of Achilles with Agamemnon, general of the Grecian army before that city. It consists of twenty-four books. The first book relates the origin of the quarrel; and the residue of the poem contains an account of the efforts made by Agamemnon and the chiefs who adhered to his party to conquer the Trojans without the aid of Achilles, their defeat, the pacification of Achilles, his resumption of arms in the common cause, and the death of Hector by his hand. Neither the landing of the chieftains, nor the conclusion of the war and capture of Troy, come within its range. See Epic. ILLATIVE CONVERSION, in Logic, is that in which Ihe truth of the converse follows from the truth of the exposit a or proposition given. Thus the proposition "no viriuous man is a rebel," becomes, by illative conversion, " no rebel is a virtuous man." " Some boasters are cowards;" therefore, a converso, " some cowards are boasters." ILLUMINA TI, or [s. 604]