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cyclian, a. rare.|ˈsɪklɪən| [f. Gr. κύκλι-ος circular, cyclic + -an.] = cyclic 2, 3.
1699Bentley Phal. Wks. 1836 I. 341 The chorus belonging to the dithyramb was not called a tragic, but cyclian chorus. 1840tr. Müller's Hist. Lit. Greece xiv. 204 In the time of Aristophanes, the expressions ‘dithyrambic poet’ and ‘teacher of cyclian choruses’ (κυκλιοδιδάσκαλος) were nearly synonymous. 1847J. Leitch tr. Müller's Anc. Art §415 The Cyclian poets, who formed the introduction and continuation to the Iliad. |