Iller (iller)

A tributary of the Danube, which on the west; and was so called because included between the rivers Seine, Marne, Aisne, Oise, and Ourcq. It corresponded to the department of Seine, with a large part of Seine-et-Oise, Seine-et-Marne, Aisne, and Oise, and small parts of Nièvre and Loiret. It was the portion of the country about Paris that was most completely under the control of the kings-i. e., the royal domain. 2. Mauritius. letzk (e-letsk'). A town in the government of Orenburg, Ru ia, near the junction of the Ilek and Ural. Population, 7,355. Il Fiammingo. See John of Bologna . Ilfracombe (il'fra-kōm). A seaport and watering-place in Devons hire, England, situated on the British Channel 43 miles northwest of Exeter: formerly an important port. Population (1891), 7,692. Ilhavo (él-yä'vö). A town in the district of Aveiro, province of Beira, Portugal, 27 miles north-northwest of Coimbra. Population, about 8,000. Ilheos (el-yā'ös). A former hereditary captaincy of Brazil, corresponding to the coast from Bahia 50 leagues southward. It was settled in 1535, prospered for a time, but fell into decay, and in the 18th century was incorporated with Bahia. Ili (ē'lē). 1. A river in central Asia, flowing into Lake Balkash about lat. 45° 40′ N., long. 74°20′ E. Length, from 800 to 900 miles; navigable in its lower course. 2. A colonial dependency of China, situated about lat. 36°-49° N., long. 71°-96° E. The surface is elevated. It is divided into the North Circuit (Sungar i a) and the South Circuit (East Turkestan). 3. See Kuldja . Iliad (il'i-ad), The. [Gr. Ἰλιάς , from Ἴλιον , Πium, Troy.] A famous Greek epic poem, composed, according to tradition, by the poet Homer (see Homer ): with its companion poem, the Ody ey, the greatest of epics and "among the most ancient, if not the most ancient, works of the human spirit in a European tongue" ( Geddes ). The subject of the Iliad is the ten years' siege of Ilium or Troy by the confederated states of Greece under Agamemnon, king of Mycenæ, to redre the injury done to Menelaus, king of Sparta, in the carrying off of his wife, Helen, by the Trojan Paris, to whom Helen was given by Aphrodite as a reward for his decision in favor of Aphrodite in the contest of beauty between her, Athene, and Hera. The direct narrative relates only to a part of the last year, leaving the fall of the city untold. The mighty deeds of the Greek Achilles and of the Trojan Hector, son of King Priam, supply some of the chief episodes of the poem. Iliniza. See Illiniza . Ili us (i-lis'us). [Gr. Ἰλισσός .] A small river in Attica, Greece, flowing through Athens. Ilithyia (il-i-thi'ya). [Gr. Εἰλείθυια .] In Greek mythology, the godde who presides over childbirth: corresponding to the Roman Lucina. Ilium (il'i-um). [Gr. Ιλιον, ἡ Ἴλιος.] In ancient geography, a place in Mysia, Asia Minor, identified by the Greeks with the legendary Troy. It was frequently destroyed in prehistoric times; was rebuilt by Greek colonists in the 6th century B. C.; was enlarged by Lysimachus at the end of the 4th century B. C.; and continued (as New Ilium) to late Roman times. Its site has been identified by Schliemann at Hi arlik, about 100 miles north by west of Smyrna. Compare Troy . Ilkeston (il'kes-ton). A town in Derby shire, England, 8 miles northeast of Derby. Popula tion (1891), 19,744. Ilkley (ilk'li). A watering-place in Yorkshire, England, on the Wharfe northwest of Bradford. Population (1891), 5,767. Ilks hi dites. See the extract. Egypt, during the ninth and tenth centuries, was the theatre of several revolutions. Two dynasties of Turkish slaves, the Tolunides and the Ilks hi dites, established them selves in that country, which was only reunited to the Caliphate of Bagdad for a brief period between their usurpations. Freeman , Hist. Saracens, p. 111. Ill (el). A river in Alsace which joins the Rhine 7 miles below Strasburg. Length, about 125 miles; navigable from near Colmar. Illa-tics i (ēl'yä-tēk'sē). One of the names or titles given by the ancient Peruvians to their supreme deity, Uiracocha (which see). Also written Illa - tic i or Illa - ticci . Ille (el). A town in the department of Pyrénées-Orient a les, France, on the Tet west of Perpignan. Population (1891), commune, 3,341. Ille-et-Vilaine (ēl-a-vē-lān'). A department in northwestern France. Capital, Rennes. It is bounded by the English Channel and Manche on the north, Mayenne on the east, Loire-Inférieure on the south, and Côtes-du-Nord and Morbihan on the west. It formed part of the ancient Britt any. Area, 2,596 square miles. Population (1891), 626,875, Illiez, Val d'. See Val d'Illiez . Illiger (il'li-ger), Johann Karl Wilhelm. Born at Brunswick, Germany, Nov. 19, 1775: died at Berlin, May 9-10, 1813. A German naturalist. He edited a "Magazin für Insektenkunde," and published "Prodromus system at is mammalium et avium," etc. Illimani (el-ye-mä'nē). A mountain in the Bolivian Andes, immediately east-southeast of La Paz. Height, 21,030 feet. Illiniza (ēl-ye-nē'thä), or Iliniza (ē-lē-nēʼthä). A mountain in Ecuador, about 17,400 feet high. See the extract.