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Encyclopedia > Ilium (disambiguation)

The term Illion, Ilium has several meanings, including in legends, in anatomy, and in the arts:

  • Ilion or Ilium is an alternative name for the legendary city of Troy.
  • The ilium, or ilion (not to be confused with the ileum), is a bone, part of the pelvis.
  • Ilium is also the name of an Australian power metal band.
  • Ilium is the name of a novel by Dan Simmons published in 2003.
  • Ilion, New York is a village in Herkimer County, New York.
  • Ilium is a fictional town in upper New York state, used as a setting for many of Kurt Vonnegut's novels.

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NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Troy (1142 words)
Troy (Ancient Greek Τροία Troia, also Ίλιον; Latin: Troia, Ilium) is a legendary city, scene of the Trojan War, described in the Trojan War cycle, especially in the Iliad, one of the two epic poems attributed to Homer.
Until the 1988 excavations, the problem was that Troy VII seemed to be a hill-top fort, and not a city of the size described by Homer, but later identification of parts of the city ramparts suggests a city of considerable size.
Troy IX The last city on this site, Hellenistic Ilium, was founded by Romans during the reign of the emperor Augustus and was an important trading city until the establishment of Constantinople in the fourth century as the eastern capital of the Roman Empire.
ilium | English | Dictionary & Translation by Babylon (183 words)
The term Illion or Ilium has several meanings, including in legends, in anatomy, and in the arts:Ilion or Ilium is an alternative name (in Greek and Latin, respectively) for the legendary city of Troy.
The ilium, or ilion (not to be confused with the ileum), is a bone, part of the pelvis.
Ilium is a fictional town in upper New York state, used as a setting for many of Kurt Vonnegut's novels.
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