In lutheran churches, songs sung by the congregation in the vernacular were called

the answer is chorales.

a. competition with other nations.

“the iliad” (gr: “iliás”) is an epic poem by the ancient greek poet homer, which recounts some of the significant events of the final weeks of the trojan war and the greek siege of the city of troy (which was also known as ilion, ilios or ilium in ancient times).