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Homerid|ˈhəʊmərɪd|
[ad. Gr. Ὁµηρίδ-ης, usu. in pl. Ὁµηρίδαι, Lat. Homēridæ, a guild of poets in Chios who claimed descent from Homer and a hereditary property in the Homeric poems, which they recited publicly. In F. Homéride.]
1. One of the Homeridæ (see above); a Homeric rhapsodist.
1846Grote Greece II. 177 The Homerids were still conspicuous in the days of Akusilaus, Pindar..and Plato.
2. A Homeric scholar.
1866Blackie Homer & Iliad I. 141 The greatest modern Homerid, Wolf.
Hence Homeridian |həʊməˈrɪdɪən| a., of or pertaining to the Homerids.
1852Bristed Eng. Univ. 315 The Homeridian Hymns. |