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Epic Cycle

Epic Cycle proper noun: a collection of Ancient Greek epic poems, now mostly lost, telling the story of the Trojan War and its participants.

Proper noun

the Epic Cycle

  1. A collection of Ancient Greek epic poems, now mostly lost, telling the story of the Trojan War and its participants.

Origin of Epic Cycle

Calque of Ancient Greek Ἐπικὸς Κύκλος (Epikòs Kúklos)

Questions about Epic Cycle

What does Epic Cycle mean?
Epic Cycle means a collection of Ancient Greek epic poems, now mostly lost, telling the story of the Trojan War and its participants.
What part of speech is Epic Cycle?
Epic Cycle is a proper noun.

Words near Epic Cycle in the dictionary

  1. epibromohydrins
  2. epibulbar
  3. epibyssate
  4. epic
  5. epic catalogue
  6. Epic Cycle
  7. epic doom
  8. epic fail
  9. epic fails
  10. epic formula
  11. Epic Greek

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