Definition from Dr. William Doty's, Myth: A Handbook,
published by Greenwood Press

Arthur, Arthurian — Possibly King Arthur was a historical figure. Arthurian legends begin in the fifth and sixth centuries but really flourished in the twelfth and fifteenth; a romanticized court took on larger-than-life dimensions across European literature.

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