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Cyclical

{

Cyc′lic

(s?k′l?k or s?′kl?k)
,

Cyc′lic-al

(s?k′l?-kal)
, }
Adj.
[Cf. F.
cycluque
, Gr.
κυκλικός
, fr.
κύκλοσ
See
Cycle
.]
1.
Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles;
as,
cyclical
time
.
Coleridge.
Cyclic chorus
,
the chorus which performed the songs and dances of the dithyrambic odes at Athens, dancing round the altar of Bacchus in a circle.
–
Cyclic poets
,
certain epic poets who followed Homer, and wrote merely on the Trojan war and its heroes; – so called because keeping within the circle of a single subject. Also, any series or coterie of poets writing on one subject.
Milman.