Homeric
Of epic scope
Homeric describes something relating to or characteristic of Homer, the ancient Greek poet credited with the *Iliad* and *Odyssey*.
More often, Homeric suggests epic scale, grandeur, or heroic quality reminiscent of those works: a Homeric struggle, Homeric laughter.
Homeric laughter specifically means loud, unrestrained, hearty laughter—the kind attributed to the gods in Homer's epics.
Ancient Greek war epic
- OdysseyEpic of homecoming
- sagaExtended heroic narrative
- heroicExceptionally brave and noble
- grandiosePretentiously impressive in scale
monumental · sweeping · legendary · mythological · narrative · journey · quest · warfare
Greek hero, mortal heel
- OdysseusIthaca's long-wandering monarch
- HectorMasculine given name
- ZeusGreek sky god
- AthenaGreek wisdom deity
Penelope · Telemachus · Agamemnon · Cyclops · Scylla · Charybdis · Circe · Calypso
Six-foot poetic line
- dactylicThree-beat poetic meter
- epithetDescriptive tag for someone
- simileComparison via "as"
- meterDevice that measures usage
verse · recitation · formulaic · wine-dark · rosy-fingered · swift-footed · catalogue · enjambment
Of written content
- interpolationEstimating between known values
- AlexandrianOf a famed Egyptian city
- papyriAncient Egyptian writing material
- recensionCritical textual revision
Iliad
Ancient Greek war epic
grandiose · monumental · sweeping · legendary · mythological · narrative · journey · quest · warfare · adventure
Achilles
Greek hero, mortal heel
Athena · Penelope · Telemachus · Agamemnon · Cyclops · Scylla · Charybdis · Circe · Calypso · Polyphemus
hexameter
Six-foot poetic line
meter · verse · recitation · formulaic · wine-dark · rosy-fingered · swift-footed · catalogue · enjambment · caesura
textual
Of written content
- interpolationEstimating between known values
- AlexandrianOf a famed Egyptian city
- papyriAncient Egyptian writing material
Homerictrivial
Lacking significance or weight
insignificant · petty · puny · paltry · trifling
Homericprosaic
Lacking imagination or excitement
mundane · pedestrian · quotidian · anticlimactic · journalistic
- Homer Simpson
- walk-off homerGame-ending round-tripper
- two-run homerFour-base hit scoring two
- leadoff homerFirst batter's round-tripper
- three-run homerBall hit out, three score
- Homer and MargeAnimated sitcom parents