Ho|mer´i|cal|ly

Ho|mer´i|cal|ly
Ho|mer|ic «hoh MEHR ihk», adjective.
1. by the ancient Greek poet Homer. The Iliad and the Odyssey are Homeric poems.
2. of or having to do with Homer, his style, or his poems.
3. in the style of Homer; having characteristics of Homer's poems.
4. of or having to do with Greek life from about 1200 B.C. to about 800 B.C.
Ho|mer´i|cal|ly, adverb.

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