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CYCLIC POETS

\sˈa͡ɪklɪk pˈə͡ʊɪts], \sˈa‍ɪklɪk pˈə‍ʊɪts], \s_ˈaɪ_k_l_ɪ_k p_ˈəʊ_ɪ_t_s]\

Definitions of CYCLIC POETS

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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(Hist.) The supposed authors of those poems which treated of the heroic and mythological ages of Greece. The Iliad and Odyssey were at first included in this epic cycle, which was arranged at Alexandria in the second century B.C.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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