Arthurian
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The species name combines a nod to Arthurian legend with a personal tribute.
From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026
“The Bright Sword” distinguishes itself from more straightforward Arthurian legends by focusing on the characters on the far end of the Round Table, far from the star power of Arthur and Merlin.
From Seattle Times • May 14, 2024
The show, a Monty Python-inspired spoof of Arthurian legend, first opened on Broadway in 2005, won the Tony Award for best musical, ran for four years, and has been widely staged since then.
From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2023
In the first two, he transposed Arthurian legend on the landscape of Texas, basing the Guinevere character, he said, on his wife.
From Washington Post • Jul. 27, 2022
Over the North Sea in Britain’s Victorian empire, artists, writers and composers were dredging Albion’s Arthurian roots, too.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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