pre-Ho·mer·ic | \ ˌprē-hō-ˈmer-ik 
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\Definition of pre-Homeric
: occurring before the time of the Greek poet Homer or the Homeric writings
pre-Homeric civilizations a pre-Homeric account of the Trojan War
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