Historical Examples. 1  The anise (Pimpinella anisum) is largely cultivated in Spain, where it is known as anis. 2  anise (anis; Pimpinella AnÄ«sum), an annual plant of the nat. 3  anis took up his position on the empty3013 earthen pot, and the grandma commenced a story to amuse the little children. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 Various. It was called Great Friday, and on that day such as entered the sanctuary of anis received plenary indulgence.
Confidence votes 580. The Iliad and the Odyssey are two epic poems written by Homer (Î¿Î¼Î·ÏÎ¿Ï) around the 9th century BC. They are two of the oldest recorded written works in history. The Iliad deals with a ten-year war between the Greeks and Trojans, called the Siege of Troy, (Ilion=Troy).
The Iliad tells the story of the Trojan War and is, along with the Odyssey, one of the two major Greek epic poems traditionally attributed to Homer, a blind Ionian poet. Scholars dispute whether Homer existed, and whether he was one person, but they usually date the poems to the 9th or 8th century BC.t is impossible to designate the roles found in the Iliad between Achilles and Patroclus along pederastic lines. Achilles is the most dominant. Among the warriors in the Trojan War he has the most fame. Patroclus performs duties such as cooking, and nursing yet is older than Achilles.