cyclic poet

noun

Any of certain epic poets who followed Homer, and wrote only about the Trojan war and its heroes.

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Meanings

nouncyclic poet (plural cyclic poets)

plural cyclic poets

  1. historicalAny of certain epic poets who followed Homer, and wrote only about the Trojan war and its heroes.
  2. broadlyAny of a coterie of poets writing on one subject.

    The Homer of this race of cyclic poets was to be an Italian

    1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity

Origin

So called because keeping within the circle of a single subject.

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