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Also the word Alexandros means the ones who wards off men. So some times names may be used as adjectives. Similarly Achilles' son Neoptolemos (whos name means
Khaire!    The Iliad is only known as The Iliad--the *movie* is called "Troy", and doesn't necessarily have a lot to do with the book...  But yes, the
Does anybody know why the story of the Iliad is also known as Troy? I know that the Iliad is called that because the area it refers to is Ilium in what is now