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English
Etymology
So called because keeping within the circle of a single subject.
Noun
cyclic poet (plural cyclic poets)
- (historical) Any of certain epic poets who followed Homer, and wrote only about the Trojan war and its heroes.
- (by extension) Any of a coterie of poets writing on one subject.
1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity:The Homer of this race of cyclic poets was to be an Italian