The findings support historians' belief that ancient myths including Beowulf, The Iliad and the traditional Irish poem Táin Bó Cuailnge may be based, at least in part, on real communities and people.

There were 74 characters identified in Beowulf, 404 in the Táin and 716 in the Iliad. Each character was assigned a number, or degree, based on how popular they were, or how many links they had to ...

There's an article called Universal Properties of Mythological Networks by Pádraig Mac Carron and Ralph Kenna which has caused something of a silly season flutter in the newspapers. The article, ...

Gareth Hinds is well-known for his graphic novel adaptations of classic literature, including Beowulf, The Odyssey, and four Shakespeare plays. His newest undertaking is the Homer epic The Iliad, with ...