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Homeric, a.|həʊˈmɛrɪk|
[ad. L. Homēric-us, a. Gr. Ὁµηρικός, f. Ὅµηρος Homer, the traditional name of the author of the two Greek epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey. In F. Homérique.]
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Homer, the poems ascribed to him, or the age with which they deal; like, or of the style of, Homer.
the Homeric question: the question of the authorship, date, and construction of the Homeric poems.
a1771R. Wood Ess. Homer 215 (Jod.) The whole Homerick history. 1835Thirlwall Greece I. 159 The Homeric world..is at once poetical and real. 1838Penny Cycl. XII. 277/1 The Hymn to Apollo..The Hymn to Hermes..The Hymn to Aphrodite and that to Demeter..are the principal of the Homeric hymns..These, with the ‘Battle of the Frogs and Mice’, make up the sum of the Homeric poems, genuine and spurious. 1858Gladstone (title) Studies in Homer and the Homeric age. 1889Pall Mall G. 14 Mar. 7/2 A great Homeric laugh showed that the joke had gone home. |