sword and sandal

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sword and sandal

adjective sword-and-sandal

  1. not comparable Of or relating to a genre of books or films relating fantasy-adventure tales involving heroic exploits in ancient or biblical times. “Ben-Hur” and “Spartacus” are two famous sword and sandal films.

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adj genre of books or films

DeutschSandalenfilm
Italianosandalone
Русскийпе́плум péplum

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@misc{sword_and_sandal_2026,
  title = {sword and sandal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sword%20and%20sandal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}