Ilʹiad of Ills (An).

Ilʹias maloʹrum (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.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Ignatius Loyola
Igneous Rocks
Ignis Fatuus
Ignoramus
Ignoramus Jury (An)
Ignorantines
Igrayne
Ihram
Il Pastor Fido [the Faithful Swain]
Iliad
Iliad of Ills (An)
Ilk
Ill-got, Ill-spent
Ill May-day
Ill Omens
Ill-starred
Ill Wind
Illinois
Illuminated Doctor
Illuminati
Illuminations