It is an undisputed fact that the battles and personal dramas conjured up in poetry by the ancient bards have maximum visual potential.

He became highly interested in a stone with a Greek inscription that he erroneously felt depicted an ancient Celtic bard addressing the moon.

The art of campaign, like that of the ancient bard, is to weave together a series of these stock elements into a heroic narrative.

His novel "To the Wedding" (1995) was composed with language that sounded timeless, as if recited by an ancient bard.

The dog recites verse that bears a striking resemblance to the ranns of ancient Celtic bards.

Very tenuous, but nonetheless crafted unwittingly by some ancient bard who had known the originals while they were alive, and sang of them after their deaths.

Similar to the ancient bards, touring became a widespread means for performance poets and slammers to distribute their work since the 1990s.

The epic-length story-songs of the ancient Greek bards and of medieval troubadors are familiar examples from European tradition.

The ancient British bards had for the title of their order, "Those who are free throughout the world."

In fact, he says, the ancient bard was more likely to think of himself as a "flexible plan of themes."