Homer - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: homerHomeric
Of or pertaining to Homer the most famous of Greek poets resembling the poetry of Homer...
Ephah
A Hebrew dry measure supposed to be equal to two pecks and five quarts Ten ephahs make one homer...
Gomer
A Hebrew measure See Homer...
Hexameter
A verse of six feet the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees the fifth must regularly be a dactyl and the sixth always a spondee In this species of verse are composed the Iliad of Homer and the AEligneid of Virgil In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity...
Hoemother
The basking or liver shark called also homer See Liver shark under Liver...
Homer
A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance...
Hymn
An ode or song of praise or adoration especially a religious ode a sacred lyric a song of praise or thanksgiving intended to be used in religious service as the Homeric hymns Watts hymns...
Iliad
A celebrated Greek epic poem in twenty four books on the destruction of Ilium the ancient Troy The Iliad is ascribed to Homer...
Moly
A fabulous herb of occult power having a black root and white blossoms said by Homer to have been given by Hermes to Ulysses to counteract the spells of Circe...
Odyssey
An epic poem attributed to Homer which describes the return of Ulysses to Ithaca after the siege of Troy...
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