Homeric

Example Sentences

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It’s a Homeric voyage, if Homer were familiar with the complicated system of roadways and toll stations that is the New Jersey Turnpike.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026

In Ari Aster’s new film “ Beau is Afraid,” Joaquin Phoenix plays an anxious man in a rotten world who goes on a wildly weird journey, both Homeric and Oedipal, to his mother’s home.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2023

As the writer James Surowiecki put it, NFL Films “tried to simultaneously convey the gritty reality of the game and mythicize it in a Homeric fashion.”

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2023

As you can see, it is a Homeric list.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2022

One of the Homeric Hymns, calling her “Beautiful, golden goddess,” says of her:—

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton