{Homeric verse}, hexameter verse; -- so called because used by Homer in his epics. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Homeric scholarship — is the study of Homeric epic, especially the two large surviving epics, the Iliad and Odyssey. It is currently part of the academic discipline of classical studies, but the subject is one of the very oldest topics in all scholarship or science,… … Wikipedia
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 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Homeric 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… … Wikipedia
Heroic verse — consists of the rhymed iambic line or heroic couplet. The term is used in English exclusively.In ancient literature, heroic verse was synonymous with the dactylic hexameter. It was in this measure that those typically heroic poems, the Iliad and… … Wikipedia
Political verse — (Greek: Politikos stichos, Πολιτικός στίχος), also known as Decapentasyllabic verse (from Greek dekapentasyllabos, δεκαπεντασύλλαβος, lit. 15 syllable ) is a metric form in Modern Greek poetry. It is an iambic verse of fifteen syllables and has… … Wikipedia
Iliade — Titelblatt der Iliasausgabe von Theodose Thiel, die in Straßburg am Ende des 16. Jahrhunderts veröffentlicht wurde … Deutsch Wikipedia
Ilias — Manuskript F205 der Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Mailand mit Text und Illustration der Verse 245–253 des achten Buches der Ilias aus dem späten 5. oder frühen 6. Jahrhundert n. Chr … Deutsch Wikipedia
homer — homer1 /hoh meuhr/, n. 1. Baseball. See home run. 2. See homing pigeon. v.i. 3. Baseball. to hit a home run: The catcher homered in the ninth with one on to take the game. [1865 70; HOME + ER1] homer2 … Universalium
Homer — /hoh meuhr/, n. 1. 9th century B.C. Greek epic poet: reputed author of the Iliad and Odyssey. 2. Winslow, 1836 1910, U.S. painter and illustrator. 3. a male given name. * * * flourished 9th or 8th century BC, Ionia? Greek poet, one of the… … Universalium
Homer — This article is about the Greek poet Homer and the works attributed to him. For other meanings, see Homer (disambiguation). Homeric redirects here. For other uses, see Homeric (disambiguation). See also: English translations of Homer … Wikipedia
