Greek epic poem

The answer

ILIAD

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ILIAD answer page.

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ILIAD

Every other clue in this collection answered by ILIAD, most used first.

• Homeric epic - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
• Trojan War epic - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
• Troy story - used 63 times, most recently in 2025
• Homer work - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Homer classic - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Trojan War story - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Old war story - used 26 times, most recently in 2018
• Homer epic - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Greek epic - used 21 times, most recently in 2017
• Homeric work - used 20 times, most recently in 2011
• Epic by Homer - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Tale of Troy - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
• Epic poem - used 12 times, most recently in 2000
• Trojan War saga - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• It's a long story - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Epic poem by Homer - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• 24-book Greek epic - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Homer's Trojan War epic - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Trojan War account - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
• War story - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Epic of Troy - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Epic translated by Pope - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
• Poem describing the siege of Troy - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• 24-part epic - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Story of Achilles - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Trojan War tale - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Last Greek letter - OMEGA, used 187 times
• Lyric poem - EPODE, used 142 times
• Greek marketplace - AGORA, used 130 times
• First Greek letter - ALPHA, used 108 times
• Greek letter - THETA, used 103 times
• Pastoral poem - IDYLL, used 82 times

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