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What the translator - myself in particular - does is not comparable to what the Homeric performer was doing.
Robert Fitzgerald

Meaning of "Homeric" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HOMERIC

Homeric  [həʊˈmɛrɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOMERIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Homeric is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HOMERIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Homeric

Homer

In the Western classical tradition, Homer is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and is revered as the greatest of ancient Greek epic poets. These epics lie at the beginning of the Western canon of literature, and have had an enormous influence on the history of literature. Whether and when he lived is unknown. Herodotus estimates that Homer lived 400 years before his own time, which would place him at around 850 BC, while other ancient sources claim that he lived much nearer to the supposed time of the Trojan War, in the early 12th century BC. Most modern researchers place Homer in the 7th or 8th centuries BC. The formative influence of the Homeric epics in shaping Greek culture was widely recognized, and Homer was described as the teacher of Greece. Homer's works, which are about fifty percent speeches, provided models in persuasive speaking and writing that were emulated throughout the ancient and medieval Greek worlds. Fragments of Homer account for nearly half of all identifiable Greek literary papyrus finds.

Definition of Homeric in the English dictionary

The definition of Homeric in the dictionary is of, relating to, or resembling Homer or his poems. Other definition of Homeric is imposing or heroic.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOMERIC


alphameric
ˌælfəˈmɛrɪk
alphanumeric
ˌælfənjuːˈmɛrɪk
anisomeric
ænˌaɪsəʊˈmɛrɪk
antimeric
ˌæntɪˈmɛrɪk
blastomeric
ˌblæstəʊˈmɛrɪk
centromeric
ˌsɛntrəˈmɛrɪk
chimeric
kaɪˈmɛrɪk
diastereomeric
ˌdaɪəˌstɛrɪəˈmɛrɪk
dimeric
daɪˈmɛrɪk
ectomeric
ˌɛktəʊˈmɛrɪk
elastomeric
ɪˌlæstəˈmɛrɪk
homopolymeric
ˌhɒməʊˌpɒlɪˈmɛrɪk
isomeric
ˌaɪsəˈmɛrɪk
mesmeric
mɛzˈmɛrɪk
metameric
ˌmɛtəˈmɛrɪk
monomeric
ˌmɒnəˈmɛrɪk
polymeric
ˌpɒlɪˈmɛrɪk
stereoisomeric
ˌstɛrɪəʊˌaɪsəˈmɛrɪk
tetrameric
ˌtɛtrəˈmɛrɪk
trimeric
traɪˈmɛrɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOMERIC

Homerian
Homeric laughter
Homerically
homeroom
homeroom teacher
homescreetch
homeshoring
homesick
homesickness
homesite
homesourcing
homespun
homestand
homestay
homestead
Homestead Act

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOMERIC

allomeric
arthromeric
atmospheric
chromomeric
cleric
copolymeric
electromeric
enantiomeric
epimeric
eric
esoteric
generic
hexaemeric
hexahemeric
homeomeric
homoeomeric
numeric
oligomeric
tautomeric
turmeric

Synonyms and antonyms of Homeric in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HOMERIC»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «Homeric» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of Homeric

Translation of «Homeric» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOMERIC

Find out the translation of Homeric to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Homeric from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Homeric» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

荷马
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

homérica
570 millions of speakers

English

Homeric
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

होमेर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

هومري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гомерический
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

homérica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হোমারীয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

homérique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Homeric
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

homerischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ホメロスの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

호머
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Homeric
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Homer
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஹோரிக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

होमेरिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Homeros
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

omerico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Homera
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гомеричний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

homerică
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ομηρική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Homeriese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Homeric
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

homeriske
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Homeric

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOMERIC»

The term «Homeric» is quite widely used and occupies the 48.706 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOMERIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Homeric

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QUOTES WITH «HOMERIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Homeric.
1
Robert Fitzgerald
What the translator - myself in particular - does is not comparable to what the Homeric performer was doing.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOMERIC»

Discover the use of Homeric in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Homeric and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Homeric Hymns
Poet and translator Sarah Ruden offers a sparkling new translation of one of our prime sources for archaic Greek mythology, ritual, cosmology, and psychology.
Sarah Ruden, 2005
2
Jewish Exegesis and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria
Systematically reading Jewish exegesis in light of Homeric scholarship, this book argues that more than 2000 years ago Alexandrian Jews developed critical and literary methods of Bible interpretation which are still extremely relevant today ...
Maren R. Niehoff, 2011
3
The Homeric Hymns
A rich source for students of Greek mythology and literature, the Homeric hymns are also fine poetry.
Apostolos N. Athanassakis, 2004
4
Three Homeric Hymns: To Apollo, Hermes, and Aphorodite
Specifically designed for upper-level students of these major narrative works of early Greek poetry.
Nicholas Richardson, 2010
5
Homeric Questions
This evidence suggests that the written texts emerged from an evolutionary process in which composition, performance, and diffusion interacted to create the epics we know as the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Gregory Nagy, 2009
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Homeric Seafaring
This comprehensive study of Homer's references to ships and seafaring reveals patterns in the way that Greeks built ships and approached the sea between 850 and 750 B.C. The subjects of this study, which are partly historical, partly ...
Samuel Mark, 2005
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The Homeric Hymns
"This translation beautifully captures the style of the Homeric Hymns, at once pictorial and flowing.
Diane J. Rayor, 2004
8
The Homeric Epics and the Gospel of Mark
In this groundbreaking book, Dennis R. MacDonald offers an entirely new view of the New Testament gospel of Mark. The author of the earliest gospel was not writing history, nor was he merely recording tradition, MacDonald argues.
Dennis Ronald MacDonald, 2000
9
Heraclitus: Homeric Problems
Printbegrænsninger: Der kan printes 1 side ad gangen
Heraclitus, Donald Andrew Russell, David Konstan, 2005
10
The Making of Homeric Verse: The Collected Papers of Milman ...
The Making of Homeric Verse for the first time collects these landmark works in one volume together with Parry's unpublished M.A. thesis and extracts from his Yugoslavian journal, which contains notes on Serbo-Croatian poetry and its ...
Milman Parry, Adam Parry, 1987

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOMERIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Homeric is used in the context of the following news items.
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How to Make Greece Rich - Lawrence Osborne - POLITICO Magazine
The visitors seemed educated and well-heeled, quiet and docile before the Homeric spectacles and the chilled glasses of Santorini white. «Politico, Jul 15»
2
Some harsh truths for Germans, Greeks, and Europeans …
Even if our debt is forgiven - and it seems like this is necessary - let's not be quick to read in this a victory of the Homeric hero against conspiring ... «Open Democracy, Jul 15»
3
It's time the green movement left its earnest, middle-class ghetto and …
Sport will be with us as long as the planet survives because we have a deep need for these Homeric tales of tragedy, glory and grandeur. «New Statesman, Jul 15»
4
Greek Debt Crisis: In Athens, Jubilation Gives Way to Dismay and …
... when he pulled his negotiating team out of talks and announced a referendum, has since turned into a drama of Homeric proportions. «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
5
Theater review: Introducing kids to myths around the world
The Homeric tales of the Cyclops and the Sirens have been cleaned up for the kiddies, although in their version of the Trojan Horse, Wini talks ... «Duluth News Tribune, Jul 15»
6
We're in a crisis and it's all Greek to me right now
The task before us is Herculean, requiring a Homeric effort. The Greeks must give up their hectoring tone. Much depends on whether their ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
7
How to End this Greek Tragedy
Greece has found itself in a modern day tragedy of Homeric proportions. However, this is a tragedy which is both very real and which has no ... «The London Economic, Jul 15»
8
Roger Federer v Gilles Simon: Wimbledon 2015 – as it happened
And then a Homeric rally, Federer earning a couple of break points with an astonishing whipped forehand down the right sideline. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
9
How stories are told
I still can recite portions of the Iliad, thanks to a wonderful tip from my Ancient Greek professor - the meter of the Homeric epics, the dactylic ... «Bangalore Mirror, Jul 15»
10
Whatever the currency, Greece expected to be travel bargain
Homeric, Central Holidays and other tour operators that sell Greece said that while they're fielding calls from concerned travelers who are ... «Travel Weekly, Jul 15»

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