Homeric

Example Sentences

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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

He’s not a Homeric classical heroic — by which, I mean someone whose intention is always to do good.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2022

They aren’t exactly Homeric dactyls, but they seem intended to mirror that ancient literary form, and they give “Everyday Life” an easily digestible if slightly pretentious rhythm.

From Washington Post • Oct. 20, 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