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单词 homerology
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Homerologyn.

Brit. /ˌhəʊməˈrɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌhoʊməˈrɑlədʒi/
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Homer , -ology comb. form.
Etymology: < the name of Homer (see Homeric adj.) + -ology comb. form. Compare German Homerologie (1876 (in a review of the source cited in quot. 1876) or earlier).
The study of Homer and the epic poems attributed to him, esp. the question of authorship, composition, and date of these poems.
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Homerology1876
1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 8 It is pleasant to see that in Germany, and even in this country..Homerology does not cease to flourish.
1878 W. E. Gladstone Homer i. 1 To rescue this circle of studies from inadequate conceptions, and to lay the ground for a true idea of them I have proposed to term them Homerology.
1887 Athenæum 17 Sept. 357/1 Orthodox homerology.
1915 Classical Rev. 29 21/1 The language reflects the confusion, so common in recent Homerology, between epos and saga.
1992 Calif. Slavic Stud. 14 267 The only biography of Milman Parry, as well as the most useful introduction to Parry's work and thought in the area of Homerology, was written by his son.

Derivatives

Homeˈrologist n. an expert in or student of Homerology.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > study of poetry > [noun] > study of Homeric poems > one who
Homerist1695
Homerid1865
Homerologist1890
1890 W. E. Gladstone Landmarks Homeric Study ii. xxxi. 55 If the final judgment of Homerologists shall affirm these general conclusions [etc.].
1926 Classical Weekly 19 186/1 This is a very different picture of the poem from that which many eminent Homerologists have painted.
2007 C. D'Ancona Libraries of Neoplatonists Index 519/1 Proclus the Homerologist, possibly Eutychius Proclus.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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