Literary cycles are groups of stories grouped around common figures, based on mythical figures or loosely on historic ones. One well known such cycle is the Arthurian cycle, the stories of King Arthur, Lancelot and the Knights of the Round Table. Another cycle that is frequently drawn upon centers around the Trojan War; the Iliad, the Odyssey, the Aeneid, and countless other epic poetry draws on this body of tales. Also there is a Charlemagne cycle, also known as the Matter of France; a Robin Hood cycle featuring Robin Hood; there are many more. The Matter of Britain is a name given collectively to the legends that concern the Celtic and legendary history of the British Isles, centering around King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table. ... King Arthur is an important figure in the mythology of Great Britain, where he appears as the ideal of kingship in both war and peace. ... This entry was adapted from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica. ... For other uses, see Round Table (disambiguation). ... The Trojan War was a war waged, according to legend, against the city of Troy in Asia Minor by the armies of Greece, following the kidnapping (or elopement) of Helen of Sparta by Paris of Troy. ... The Iliad tells the story of the Trojan War and is, along with the Odyssey, one of the two major Greek epic poems traditionally attributed to Homer, a blind Ionian poet. ... The Odyssey (ΟΔΥΣΣΕΙΑ) is the second of the two great Greek epic poems ascribed to Homer, the first of which is the Iliad. ... The Aeneid is a Latin epic written by Virgil in the 1st century BC that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy where he became the ancestor of the Romans. ... EPIC might be an acronym or abbreviation for: Electronic Privacy Information Center Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing Enhanced Programmable ircII Client El Paso Intelligence Center End Poverty In California European Privatisation and Investment Corporation Sometimes it is also used to refer to Epic Games game development company. ... Bust of Homer, one of the earliest European poets, in the British Museum Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-04-20, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... The Matter of France is a body of mythology and legend that springs from the Old French medieval literature of the chansons de geste. ... The Matter of France is a body of mythology and legend that springs from the Old French medieval literature of the chansons de geste. ... Robin Hood is the archetypal English folk hero, an outlaw who, in modern versions of the legend, stole from the rich to give to the poor. ... Robin Hood is the archetypal English folk hero, an outlaw who, in modern versions of the legend, stole from the rich to give to the poor (some would say from the tax collector to refund the taxpayer). ...

Irish literature includes four cycles, Fenian Cycle, the tales of Finn mac Cool and the Fiana; the mythological cycle; the historical cycle; and the Ulster cycle, the tales of Cu Chulain. For a comparatively small country, Ireland has made a disproportionate contribution to world literature in all its branches. ... The Fenian Cycle also known as the Fionn Cycle, Finn Cycle, Fianna Cycle, Finnian Tales, Fian Tales, Féinne Cycle, Feinné Cycle, Ossianic Cycle and Fianaigecht, is a body of prose and verse centering on the exploits of the mythic hero Fionn mac Cumhaill and his warriors the Fianna Éireann. ... Fionn mac Cumhail was a legendary warrior of Irish mythology. ... Young Cúchulainn, 1912 illustration by Stephen Reid. ...

The York cycle of mystery plays described the entire history of salvation in 47 plays that were developed in York in the 14th through 16th centuries. York is a city in Northern England, built at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. ... (13th century - 14th century - 15th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was that century which lasted from 1301 to 1400. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ...

The Cthulhu Mythos is sometimes known as the Cthulhu Cycle. These stories include those written by the originator H.P. Lovecraft as well as stories written by other authors inspired by him. Cthulhu Cthulhu mythos is the label coined by the writer August Derleth for the shared world based upon the themes, characters, and story elements found in the works of H. P. Lovecraft, as well as his protegés and later writers influenced by him. ... H. P. Lovecraft Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890–March 15, 1937) was an American author of fantasy and horror fiction, noted for giving horror stories a science fiction framework. ...