[
US
/hoʊˈmɛɹɪk/
]
ADJECTIVE
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relating to or characteristic of Homer or his age or the works attributed to him
Homeric Greek
How To Use Homeric In A Sentence
- Ajax, the Achaeanvillain, feels more like a quasi-medieval feudal overlord from a fantasy novel than a brash Homeric warrior. 2008 December « paper fruit
- And in the Homeric spirit, quite a few of the dramatis personae are blind, or partially blind.
- Thus, the ambiguity in the split authority flow creates organizational confusion, and Homeric breakdowns in communication.
- The new Socratic citizen let's call him that for a moment the new Socratic citizen may have some features in common with the older Homeric warrior.
- Those efforts reached an emotional crescendo with the unveiling of Bernard Tschumi's $200 million showplace, which seems less an architectural event or a museological accomplishment than the costliest and craftiest weapon in a Kulturkampf of Homeric intensity and duration. Grading the New Acropolis
- Homeric Greek
- His ‘Homeric Ballads’, versified episodes from the Odyssey told in brisk, headlong style, were for Fraser's.
- Through the centuries the Homeric epics have influenced writers and philosophers for many different countries.
- At the same time, there is a strong suggestion that the kind of formal drinking party that takes place in the Homeric palace is, like the Classical symposium, for men only.
- According to Robertson, Homeric Greek has many more instances of the middle than the passive because neither the future nor the aorist had yet developed distinct forms to any great extent.