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"Homeric religion" as a book category denotes works that explore the beliefs, rituals, deities and religious mentality portrayed in and underlying the Homeric epics (primarily the Iliad and the Odyssey) and their immediate oral-traditional milieu. Such books treat the gods as anthropomorphic agents who intervene in human affairs, the practical rites of sacrifice, funeral and hero cult, omens, oaths, guests’ and hosts’ religious obligations (xenia), and the social-religious norms that structure epic action, while also tracing how these features reflect late Bronze Age–early Archaic Greek practice and thought. The category spans literary and philological analyses of religious language and imagery, archaeological and anthropological studies of ritual, commentaries on Homeric passages, and reception histories showing how epic religion informed later classical cult and theology. In short, it covers any scholarly or interpretive work focused on the religious world depicted in Homer and its significance for understanding ancient Greek religion, ritual practice, and cultural identity.

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