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Definition of Homeric
1. Adjective. Relating to or characteristic of Homer or his age or the works attributed to him. "Homeric Greek"
Definition of Homeric
1. a. Of or pertaining to Homer, the most famous of Greek poets; resembling the poetry of Homer.
Definition of Homeric
1. Adjective. Resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer. ¹
2. Adjective. Epic, heroic, fit to be immortalized in poetry by Homer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Homeric
1. having a large or grand quality [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Homeric
Literary usage of Homeric
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sounds and Inflections of the Greek Dialects by Herbert Weir Smyth (1894)
"Examples under §§ 196, 224. The sound ft is Ionic as the result of the contraction
of «e to ft ; and all contractions of oo to ov. When homeric ei has fv ..."
2. The Growth and Influence of Classical Greek Poetry: Lectures Delivered in by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1894)
"The art of sculpture, as applied by Egyptians homeric o- an(^ Asiatics to ...
The homeric poetry was, indeed, instinct with the promise of Hellenic art. ..."
3. A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great by John Bagnell Bury (1913)
"THE homeric POEMS The later period of the heroic age, its manners of life, ...
The homeric palace is built on the same general plan as the palaces that have ..."
4. The Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1893)
"Nor does any oratory that the ancient world has left approach so nearly as the
homeric to the modern ideal. The reason of this is that the great orations of ..."
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