heroic tale in a sentence
Examples
- It is likely that the heroic tales in Livy's first three books derive from old ballads celebrating such raids, orally transmitted through the generations within aristocratic clans.
- In the courtyard stands a 38-foot ( 11.4-meter ) tall copper, triangular structure, housing the names, photographs and heroic tales of servicemen.
- It is a mock-heroic tale, in macaronic Latin enriched with Scottish Gaelic expressions, of a country feud on the Fife lands of his old friends the Cunninghams.
- In his 1880 work " Studies about the origin of Nordic mythological and heroic tales ", Bugge theorized that nearly all myths in Old Norse literature derive from classical concepts.
- The events leading up to the Battle of Clontarf became part of a heroic tale in subsequent tradition, both Irish and Norse, and evil portents were recorded throughout the Norse world.
- Witnessing the event and the prompt action of Dairin Temple students and instructors, Renka writes a scroll about it, entitled " " Chinmi's Heroic Tale " ".
- In the back-story to the heroic tale of Jason and the Golden Fleece, Phrixus and Helle, twin children of Athamas and Nephele, were hated by their stepmother, Ino.
- And though the performance has shifted from heroic tales to amusing entertainment, more often than not the apportionment of roles has stayed the same : Women are the audience and men are the show.
- In take after take, Preity Zinta pivoted into the arms of Sunny Deol, bringing to life the heroic tale of an Indian policeman's struggle to win the love of his life.
- It may have been first written down in the 8th century BCE, when the Northern kingdom of Israel ( Samaria ) began to collect its heroic tales, royal stories, and foundation myths.