Homeric

[ hoh-mer-ik ]

/ hoʊˈmɛr ɪk /

of, relating to, or suggestive of Homer or his poetry.

of heroic dimensions; grand; imposing: Homeric feats of exploration.

Origin of Homeric

1765–75; < Latin Homēricus < Greek Homērikós, equivalent to Hómēr(os) Homer + -ikos -ic

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

With a boy, trouble must be of Homeric dimensions to last overnight.

American Dreams, 1914: Penrod by Booth Tarkington |Nathaniel Rich |February 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
For me, this music conjures his surpassing diplomatic skills, his gift for Homeric friendship—and his promise, lost.

The Richard Holbrooke I Knew |Leslie H. Gelb |January 2, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
He wanted to ensure that in these Homeric days of countless heroes, that the heroes of Times Square would not be forgotten.

All Those Times Square Heroes |Leslie H. Gelb |May 8, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
What is the Aeneid if not a re-imagining of the Homeric epics?

The Power of Myths |Sam Munson |February 26, 2010 |DAILY BEAST

The Homeric Cave of Nymphs, περι του εν Οδυσσεια των Νυμφων αντρου.

Simon Magus |George Robert Stow Mead
Starcad's loathing for a smith recalls the mockery with which the Homeric gods treat Hephaistos.

The Danish History, Books I-IX |Saxo Grammaticus ("Saxo the Learned")
We now criticise the modern criticisms of Homeric pictures of battles.

The World of Homer |Andrew Lang
But in Pindar, Aeschylus and other early poets we find forms of the story which differ much more widely from the Homeric account.

The Heroic Age |H. Munro Chadwick
It well deserves the epithet “craggy” (παιπαλόεσσα) of the Homeric hymn.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 |Various

Homeric

/ (həʊˈmɛrɪk) /

of, relating to, or resembling Homer or his poems

imposing or heroic

of or relating to the archaic form of Greek used by Homer See epic

Homerically, adverb