Homeric
Homeric describes poetry that relates to Homer or resembles the style of his epic poems, especially The Iliad and The Odyssey. It often suggests a grand, elevated manner, heroic subject matter, formal epic language, and techniques such as extended similes and catalogues of people or events.
Example
Across the salt-dark sea they rowed at dawn,
helms flashing like fire, while the captain called
his name to the storm and the men answered back
as if the whole wide world were listening.
Related Definitions
[adj] relating to or characteristic of Homer or his age or the works attributed to him; "Homeric Greek"
Related Terms
abysmal, Alcaic, Anacreontic, astronomic, Atlantean, bardic, Brobdingnagian, bucolic, Castalian, colossal, Cyclopean, didactic, dithyrambic, dramatic, eclogic, elegiac, elephantine, enormous, epic, Gargantuan, giant, giantlike, gigantic, Herculean, heroic