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

Her parents had even taken her to Greece so she could see some of the places mentioned in the Homeric epic.

From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2022

The Homeric paradise that inspired Moussa is also the place where Beethoven’s symphony is headed.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2022

The extent of their Homeric wanderings, she added, “demonstrates how important it is to protect the larger landscape.”

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2022

“I fancy a bit of the Homeric way.”

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray