homeric

• It was a veritable barbecue, a crude and primitive feasting, barbaric, homeric. —  The Octopus : A story of California
• Or was it the scene of some homeric combat _seul à seul_? —  The Book-Hunter at Home
• When was the heroic policeman sung in homeric verse before? —  An Original Belle
• Do you know what the sun-burst symbol of the ancient royal house of Makedon was called in Ancient Greek? it was called an 'Asteroessa' - it means 'the starry eyed one' in reference to the ancient Greek god Hellios, and was also the symbol of many other Greek states as well including Athens - if you look under the metopes and internal cella of the Parthen, the Asteroessa symbols are carves there as well - they were a pan-Hellenic symbol of Hellios and common to all Ancient Greeks and go way back to the homeric Greeks! you uneducated sod, did you know this? —  SofiaEcho RSS feed
• But when such are used with an adjective or adjunct to specify a particular object they become proper names, and therefore require a capital; as, "Mississippi River, North Sea, Alleghany Mountains," etc. In like manner the cardinal points north, south, east and west, when they are used to distinguish regions of a country are capitals; as, "The North fought against the South When a proper name is compounded with another word, the part which is not a proper name begins with a capital if it precedes, but with a small letter if it follows, the hyphen; as "Post-homeric," "Sunday-school 10) Words derived from proper names require a Capital; as, "American, Irish, Christian, Americanize, Christianize In this connection the names of political parties, religious sects and schools of thought begin with capitals; as, "Republican, Democrat, Whig, Catholic, Presbyterian, Rationalists, Free Thinkers 11) The titles of honorable, state and political offices begin with a capital; as, "President, Chairman, Governor, Alderman 12) The abbreviations of learned titles and college degrees call for capitals; as, "LL.D., M.A., B.S.," etc. Also the seats of learning conferring such degrees as, "Harvard University, Manhattan College," etc 13) When such relative words as father, mother, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, etc., precede a proper name, they are written and printed with capitals; as, Father Abraham, Mother Eddy, Brother John, Sister Jane, Uncle Jacob, Aunt Eliza. —  How to Speak and Write Correctly

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