Se llama griego homérico, lengua homérica o dialecto homérico (en griego moderno: Ομηρική διάλεκτος u Ομηρικά ελληνικά; latín: Sermo Homericus o lingua Homerica) a la variante del griego empleada por Homero en la Ilíada y la Odisea. Esta lengua épica, ya arcaica en el siglo VIII a. C., se basa fundamentalmente en el dialecto jónico, con características tomadas del dialecto eolio. Alterna formas arcaicas y clásicas. Durante la antigüedad, estas particularidades eran explicada…

Homeric Greek is the form of the Greek language that was used by Homer in the Iliad, Odyssey, and Homeric Hymns. It is a literary dialect of Ancient Greek consisting mainly of Ionic, with some Aeolic forms, a few from Arcadocypriot, and a written form influenced by Attic. It was later named Epic Greek because it was used as the language of epic poetry, typically in dactylic hexameter, by poets such as Hesiod and Theognis of Megara. Compositions in Epic Greek may date from as late as th…