Ἴλιος

ilios

Ilium, the city of Ilus, Troy

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Physics 2
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Book IV 2
Chapter 13 222a10–222b29

222a23
222b11
Poetics 2
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Chapter 18 1455b24–1456a32

1456a16
Chapter 23 1459a17–1459b6

1459b6
Rhetoric 2
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Book I 1
Chapter 6 1362a15–1363b4

1363a16
Book II 1
Chapter 22 1395b21–1397a6

1396b12
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book VI 1
Chapter 2 1138b35–1139b13

1139b7

Dictionary (LSJ)

Ἴλιος [ῑλ], ου, ἡ, Ilios or A. Ilium, the city of Ilus, Troy, Il. 5.210, al., Alc. Supp. 8.4, E. Andr. 103 (eleg.): Ἴλιον, τό, Hom. only in Il. 15.71, but always in Trag. (exc. E.l.c.):—hence Ep. genitives, Ἰλιόθεν, from Troy, Il. 14.251, Od. 9.39; Ἰλιόθι πρό before Troy, 8.581, etc.; Ἰλιόφι κλυτὰ τείχεα the walls of Troy, Il. 21.295. II. as Adj., Ἴλιος, α, ον, Ilian, Trojan, Ἀθάνα E. Hec. 1008: -ος, ον is f.l. in Id. Hel. 1164 (lyr.).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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