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Malory

Historical Figure
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

English writer who compiled "Le Morte d'Arthur," shaping Arthurian legend in English

Detailed Definition
Sir Thomas Malory, possibly a knight and prisoner, wove French romances into a cohesive English epic. Poets reference him as the preserver of chivalric myth, the voice of fallen knighthood, and the chronicler of Britain’s legendary past.
Example
Example in poetry:
Malory’s “Le Morte d’Arthur” gave poets Camelot’s tragic story; His prose shaped Tennyson’s idylls and modern myth’s enduring riddles; In stanzas of chivalry’s fall, Malory’s Lancelot and Guinevere enthrall; Poets borrow his Round Table—ideal of unity before fable; Though compiler, not creator, his version made Arthur’s legend greater; Malory’s legacy: the English Arthur, where honor, love, and doom gather.
Additional Notes
Sir Thomas Malory (d. 1471), compiler of “Le Morte d’Arthur,” shaped the English Arthurian legend; in poetry, Malory symbolizes chivalric romance, tragic heroism, and the medieval roots of British identity—his prose influenced Tennyson, Eliot, and modern mythopoeic verse; essential for understanding allusions to Lancelot, Guinevere, or the Grail quest in poetic tradition.
Also Known As
Sir Thomas Malory
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