XVII. Achillês is told of the death of his friend, XVIII. Resolves to return to the battle; XIX. And is reconciled to Agamemnon. XX. A general battle ensues, in which the gods are permitted to take part. XXI. The battle rages with great fury, the slaughter is frightful; but the Trojans, being routed, retreat into their town, and close the gates. XXII. Achillês slays Hector before he is able to enter the gates, and the battle is at an end. Nothing now remains but XXIII. To burn the body of Patroclos, and celebrate the funeral games. XXIV. Old Priam, going to the tent of Achillês, craves the body of his son Hector; Achillês gives it up, and the poem concludes with the funeral rites of the Trojan hero. ⁂ Virgil continues the tale from this point. Shows how the city was taken and burnt, and then continues with the adventures of Æne´as, who escapes from the burning city, makes his way to Italy, marries the king’s daughter, and succeeds to the throne. (See ÆNEID). _Iliad (The French), The Romance of the Rose (q.v.)._ _Iliad (The German), The Nibelungen Lied (q.v.)._ _Iliad (The Portuguese), The Lusiad (q.v.)._ _Iliad (The Scotch), The Epigoniad_, by William Wilkie (_q.v._). =Iliad of Old English Literature=, “The Knight’s Tale” of Palămon and Arcite (_2 syl._) in Chaucer’s _Canterbury Tales_ (1388). =Illuminated Doctor= (_The_), Raymond Lully (1235-1315). John Tauler, the German mystic, is so called also (1294-1361). =Imis=, the daughter and only child of an island king. She was enamoured of her cousin Philax. A fay named Pagan loved her, and, seeing she rejected his suit, shut up Imis and Philax in the “Palace of Revenge.” This palace was of crystal, and contained everything the heart could desire except the power of leaving it. For a time Imis and Philax were happy enough, but after a few years they longed as much for a separation as they had once wished to be united.—Comtesse D’Aunoy, _Fairy Tales_ (“Palace of Revenge,” 1682). =Imlac of Goiama=, near the mouth of the Nile; the son of a rich merchant. Imlac was a great traveller and a poet, who accompanied Rasselas in his rambles, and returned with him to the “happy valley.”—Dr. Johnson, _Rasselas_ (1759).