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Homeric
Homeric Ho*mer"ic, a. [L. Homericus, Gr. "Omhriko`s.] Of or pertaining to Homer, the most famous of Greek poets; resembling the poetry of Homer. Homeric verse, hexameter verse; -- so called because used by Homer in his epics.

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- for their tragic and serious themes, the Homeric poems also contain instances of comedy and laughter. The Homeric poems shaped aspects of ancient Gr**** culture...
- The Homeric Hymns (Ancient Gr****: Ὁμηρικοὶ ὕμνοι, romanised: Homērikoì húmnoi) are a collection of thirty-three ancient Gr**** hymns and one epigram. The...
- Look up Homeric in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Homeric is an adjective meaning of, relating to, or characteristic of Homer. Homeric can also refer...
- and the origin of sacrificial practices. Myths are also preserved in the Homeric Hymns, in fragments of epic poems of the Epic Cycle, in lyric poems, in...
- Homeric simile, also called an epic simile, is a detailed comparison in the form of a simile that is many lines in length. The word "Homeric", is based...
- Homeric Gr**** is the form of the Gr**** language that was used in the Iliad, Odyssey, and Homeric Hymns. It is a literary dialect of Ancient Gr**** consisting...
- The Homeric Question concerns the doubts and consequent debate over the identity of Homer, the authorship of the Iliad and Odyssey, and their historicity...
- the Pleiad. He is regarded as "the divine trickster", about which the Homeric Hymn to Hermes offers the most well-known account. Hermes's attributes...
- RMS Homeric, originally launched as Columbus, was an ocean liner built for Norddeutscher Lloyd and launched in 1913 at the F. Schichau yard in Danzig...
- Frédéric Dion (better known as Homeric) is a French writer, journalist and former racing jockey. He is best known for his books Oedipe de cheval (1992)...