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Ilian, a. (n.)|ˈɪlɪən, ˈaɪlɪən| [f. Ili(um + -an.] Of or pertaining to any of the successive towns of Ilium in the Trojan Plain; also as n., an inhabitant of Ilium.
1582R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil's æneis i. (Arb.) 26 Whilst stood the great Ilian empyre. 1626G. Sandys tr. Ovid's Met. xiii. 222 To th'Ilian Court I went. 1847J. Leitch tr. Müller's Anc. Art 483 Coins of the Ilians. 1869H. F. Tozer Highl. Turkey I. 44 The site of the ancient Village of the Ilians. 1876Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 34 He appears as the representation of the Dardanian Branch, with a sidelong jealous eye towards the predominating Ilian House of Priam. 1881Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. II. 18 After the victory, he [sc. Alexander] gave substantial proof of gratitude to the Ilian gods and heroes. 1888Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 579/2 The temple of the Ilian Athene. Ibid., It was politic to recall the legend of Roman descent from æneas. Lucius Scipio and the Ilians were alike eager to do so. 1927W. W. Tarn Hellenistic Civilisation ii. 70 Antigonus I..created three sectional Leagues: the Ionian..the Ilian..and the Islanders. 1941M. Rostovtzeff Social & Econ. Hist. Hellenic World I. iii. 154 Some of the leagues had existed before, such as the Ionian, Aeolian, Ilian (?), Lycian, and Carian leagues in Asia Minor. 1957Encycl. Brit. XXII. 505/1 In their temple of Athena the Ilians showed him arms which had served in the Trojan war. |