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polymythy|ˈpɒlɪmɪθɪ| [ad. mod.L. polymȳthia, f. Gr. πολυ-, poly- + µῦθος fable, story + -ia, -y: cf. Gr. πολύµῡθος wordy, full of story.] Combination of a number of stories in one narrative or dramatic work.
[1725Pope Odyssey I. View Epic Poem iv. p. xii, This Multiplication cannot be call'd a vicious and irregular Polymythia.] 1727–41Chambers Cycl., Polymythy,..a multiplicity of fables in an epic or dramatic poem. 1879N. Shaks. Soc. Trans. 46* Polymythy..in Shakespeare's Dramatic Poems. |