| 单词 | arthurian cycle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasArthurian cycle 6. spec. A series of poems or prose romances, collected round or relating to a central event or epoch of mythic history and forming a continuous narrative; as the Arthurian cycle. Also transferred.Originally used in the Epic cycle [Greek ὁ (ἐπικὸς) κύκλος] , the series of epic poems written by later poets (Cyclic poets) to complete Homer, and presenting (with the Iliad and Odyssey) a continuous history of the Trojan war and of all the heroes engaged in it. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > legend or folk tale > [noun] > cycle cyclus1810 cycle1835 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > narrative poem > [noun] > epic poem > epic cycle Epic cycle1835 1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. vi. 248 They..formed the basis or nucleus of the epic cycle. 1837 Penny Cycl. IX. 470/1 Those cycles of metrical romances which have for their subjects the exploits of Alexander the Great, King Arthur, and other heroes. 1870 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. May 554 The marvellous opening cycle of twenty-six sonnets. 1873 H. Morley First Sketch Eng. Lit. 61 The cycle of the Charlemagne romances..those of the Arthurian cycle. 1874 H. R. Reynolds John the Baptist i. §6. 56 The mythopoeic faculty has not engendered a cycle of miracles around the simple story. < as lemmas |
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