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Homeric

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Ho·mer·ic  (h-mrk)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Homer, his works, or the legends and age of which he wrote.
2. Heroic in proportion, degree, or character; epic.
Ho·meri·cal·ly adv.
Homeric [həʊˈmɛrɪk], Homerian [həʊˈmɪərɪən]
adj
1. (Literature / Poetry) of, relating to, or resembling Homer (c. 800 bc), the Greek poet to whom are attributed the Iliad and the Odyssey, or his poems
2. imposing or heroic
3. (Linguistics / Languages) of or relating to the archaic form of Greek used by Homer See epic
Homerically  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.Homeric - relating to or characteristic of Homer or his age or the works attributed to him; "Homeric Greek"
Homeric
adjective heroic, epic, grand, imposing, impressive a Homeric epic of movie-making
Translations
Homeric [həʊˈmerɪk] ADJ → homérico
Homeric
adj → homerisch


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If they continued to sing like their great predecessor of romantic themes, they were drawn as by a kind of magnetic attraction into the Homeric style and manner of treatment, and became mere echoes of the Homeric voice: in a word, Homer had so completely exhausted the epic genre, that after him further efforts were doomed to be merely conventional.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
Equally serious is the inability which Pope shared with most of the men of his time to understand the culture of the still half-barbarous Homeric age.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
They might not be distinctly Homeric, but there seemed to be much glory in them.
The Red Badge of Courage by Crane, Stephen View in context
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