Homeric poems

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• Homeric Poems — (Фиростефани,Греция) Категория отеля: Адрес: Firostefani, Фиростефани, 84700, Греция …   Каталог отелей

• 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 Question — The Homeric Question concerns the doubt and consequent debate over the identity of Homer, the authorship of the Iliad and Odyssey , and their historicity. It has its roots in classical antiquity and the scholarship of the Hellenistic period, but… …   Wikipedia

• Homeric —    Some people maintain that the Homeric writings were the work of many men. But historians interested in that point have concluded that the Iliad and the Odyssey were poems from the poet Homer, a blind Greek who wandered from city to city in the …   Dictionary of eponyms

• Homeric — [hō mer′ik] adj. 1. of, like, or characteristic of the poet Homer, his poems, or the Greek civilization that they describe (c. 1200 800 B.C. ) 2. [often h ] large scale; massive; enormous [Homeric efforts] …   English World dictionary

• Homeric — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ of, or in the style of, the ancient Greek poet Homer (8th century BC) or the epic poems ascribed to him …   English terms dictionary

• Homeric — adj. 1 of, or in the style of, Homer or the epic poems ascribed to him. 2 of Bronze Age Greece as described in these poems. 3 epic, large scale, titanic (Homeric conflict). Etymology: L Homericus f. Gk Homerikos f. Homeros Homer, traditional… …   Useful english dictionary

• Homeric Prayer — In the homeric works humans indirectly control their destiny by their actions and decisions. Homer allows his heroic mortals to stand close togods. Characters communicate with their gods through prayers, in an act which merges the divine world of …   Wikipedia

• Homeric Hymns —       collection of 34 ancient Greek poems in heroic hexameters, all addressed to gods. Though ascribed in antiquity to Homer, the poems actually differ widely in date and are of unknown authorship. Most end with an indication that the singer… …   Universalium

• Homeric — [həʊ mɛrɪk] adjective 1》 of or in the style of the Greek poet Homer (8th century BC) or the epic poems ascribed to him. 2》 of Bronze Age Greece as described in these poems …   English new terms dictionary

• Homeric epic — The Homeric epic refers to The Iliad or The Odyssey , or else to both together, a pair of epic poems written by the possibly mythical ancient Greek author Homer about the Trojan War and its aftermath. The term may also be used metaphorically to… …   Wikipedia