Homeric

[ hoh-mer-ik ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or suggestive of Homer or his poetry.
2. of heroic dimensions; grand; imposing:

   Homeric feats of exploration.

Homeric

/ həʊˈmɛrɪk; həʊˈmɪərɪən /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling Homer or his poems
2. imposing or heroic
3. of or relating to the archaic form of Greek used by Homer See epic

Derived Forms

• Hoˈmerically, adverb

Other Words From

• Ho·meri·cal·ly adverb
• non-Ho·meric adjective
• post-Ho·meric adjective
• pre-Ho·meric adjective
• pseudo-Ho·meric adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Homeric¹

First recorded in 1765–75; from Latin Homēricus, from Greek Homērikós; equivalent to Homer + -ic

Example Sentences

But the Ryan trilogy is also based on "The Aeneid," the Homeric knockoff epic by the Latin poet Virgil that turns a minor figure from the tale of the Trojan War into the founder of Rome.

From Salon

But like the Homeric Greek hero it was named after, the lander has not had an easy journey with a neat happy ending.

From New York Times

Harmon’s is a potted, mish-mashed history, obviously, but it is historical, having something to do with the rise of city-states, which he believes “are going to be huge,” and set somewhere between Homeric and classical Greece.

From Los Angeles Times

Rather than slotting in as a “horror” film, it can be categorized a little less neatly as a surreal three-hour Homeric odyssey about Jewish guilt, Oedipal angst and somebody named “Birthday Boy Stab Man.”

From Seattle Times

In its pulsating lights and screaming advertisements she saw profound poetry; as she put it to a reporter a decade later: “Times Square I knew had this great wisdom — it was Homeric.”

From New York Times

Related Words

• classic
• humanistic