Homer (The Scottish), William Wilkie, author of The Epigon´iad (1721-1772).
Homer of our Dramatic Poets (The). So Shakespeare is called by Dryden (1564-1616).
Shakespeare was the Homer or father of our dramatic poets; Jonson was the Virgil. I admire rare Ben, but I love Shakespeare.—Dryden.
Homer of Ferra´ra (The). Ariosto was called by Tasso, Omero Ferraresê (1474-1533).
Homer of the Franks (The), Angilbert was so called by Charlemagne (died 814).
Homer of the French Drama (The). Pierre Corneille was so called by Sir Walter Scott (1606-1684).
Homer of Philosophers (The), Plato (B. C. 429-347).
Homer the Younger, Philiscos, one of the seven Pleiad poets of Alexandria, in the time of Ptolemy Philadelphos.
Homeric Characters.
Agamemnon, haughty and imperious; Achilles, brave, impatient of command, and relentless; Diomed, brave as Achilles, but obedient to authority; Ajax the Greater, a giant in stature, fool-hardy, arrogant, and conceited; Nestor, a sage old man, garrulous on the glories of his youthful days; Ulysses, wise, crafty, and arrogant; Patroclos, a gentle friend; Thersites, a scurrilous demagogue.