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21Homeric verse — 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. [1913 Webster] {Homeric verse}, hexameter verse; so called because used by Homer in his epics. [1913… …
22Homeric question — noun The question of whether a single author wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey, disputed by some authorities • • • Main Entry: ↑Homeric …
23Homeric laughter — n. loud, unrestrained laughter …
24Homeric Question — The Homeric Question concerns the doubt and consequent debate over the identity of Homer, the authorship of the Iliad and Odyssey , and their historicity. It has its roots in classical antiquity and the scholarship of the Hellenistic period, but… …
25Homeric Hymns — The thirty three anonymous Homeric Hymns celebrating individual gods are a collection of ancient Greek hymns, Homeric in the sense that they employ the same epic meter dactylic hexameter as the Iliad and Odyssey , use many similar formulas and… …
26Homeric Prayer — In the homeric works humans indirectly control their destiny by their actions and decisions. Homer allows his heroic mortals to stand close togods. Characters communicate with their gods through prayers, in an act which merges the divine world of …
27Homeric epics — In the field of classics, the term Homeric epics refers specifically to the Iliad and Odyssey, two epics attributed to the Ancient Greek poet Homer. Ancient Greece s tradition of oral poetry makes Homer s identity and role as an author of these… …
28Homeric laughter — loud, hearty laughter, as of the gods. * * * Homeric laughter noun Loud inextinguishable laughter (Gr asbestos gelos, from Iliad, 1.599) • • • Main Entry: ↑Homeric * * * Homeric laughter, loud, hearty laughter …
29Homeric epic — The Homeric epic refers to The Iliad or The Odyssey , or else to both together, a pair of epic poems written by the possibly mythical ancient Greek author Homer about the Trojan War and its aftermath. The term may also be used metaphorically to… …
30Homeric — adjective a) Resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer. b) Epic, heroic, fit to be immortalized in poetry by Homer …
