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Friday, 27 July 2012

The Táin more closely based on 'real life' than previously thought

Here's a story that would have made Kenneth Jackson smile, I'm sure...

Researchers have used mathematics to conclude that ancient Irish epic, Táin Bó Cúailnge, may be more closely based on real-life societies than previously thought. 
The study takes a numerical look at how interactions between characters in the ancient Táin Bó Cúailnge compare with real social networks.

Maths is pretty anathema to me so I'll just nod and smile at the technical bits, but as per one of the comments on the article you can read the article here.
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3 comments:

  1. faoladh27 July 2012 at 17:18

    The link to the news story seems to be broken.

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  2. Seren27 July 2012 at 17:25

    Sorry about that, should be fixed now! Thanks for the heads up.

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  3. faoladh27 July 2012 at 19:37

    Oh, no worries at all! Thank you for pointing out the article. The version I'd seen mentioned the Greek and Saxon epics, but ignored the Irish.

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