单词 | mythographic |
释义 | mythographicadj. Of, relating to, or of the nature of mythography. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > [adjective] > of living thing > mythical mythographic1896 mythographical1909 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [adjective] > relating to the recounting of myth mythographic1896 mythographical1909 1896 Science 3 Jan. 35/2 It is in all probability an exotic like ourselves, originating in the mythographic period of the Aryan and Semitic peoples. 1955 R. Graves Crowning Privilege iii. 42 The death of Marvan's pig is a mythographic way of recording the murder of inspired poetry by a new-fangled academicism. 1965 Listener 2 Dec. 902/1 A mythographic fantasy The Complaint of Nature, diffuse and heady with virtuoso language. 1999 Interzone Jan. 62/1 Their influence was more in the field of heroic-saga fantasy (for Morris) and mythographic fantasy (for Dunsany). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1896 |
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