wordMeterWordsThe counted pattern of verse rhythm. Not verse as the speech-kind, and not a measuring-stick object.Hellenic religionMeter appears in Hellenic religion.The Iliad is composed in dactylic hexameter, a counted verse rhythm. A named Hellenic meter craft in that epic, not verse as the speech-kind alone and not rhyme.from Homer · Iliad, c. 8th–7th century BCE (this form)appears in · sourced · documentedsourcesIliad · HomerHomer, Iliad.