With an emphasis on exploring measurable aspects of ancient narratives, Maths Meets Myths sets out to investigate age-old material with new techniques. This book collects, for the first time, novel quantitative approaches to studying sources from the past, such as chronicles, epics, folktales, and myths. It contributes significantly to recent efforts in bringing together natural scientists and humanities scholars in investigations aimed at achieving greater understanding of our cultural inheritance.Accordingly, each contribution reports on a modern quantitative approach applicable to narrative sources from the past, or describes those which would be amenable to such treatment and why they are important.This volume is a unique state-of-the-art compendium on an emerging research field which also addresses anyone with interests in quantitative approaches to humanities.•Bibliographic InformationBook Title: Maths Meets Myths: Quantitative Approaches to Ancient NarrativesEditors: Ralph Kenna, Máirín MacCarron, Pádraig MacCarronSeries Title: Understanding Complex SystemsCopyright 2017Publisher: Springer International PublishingCopyright Holder: Springer International Publishing SwitzerlandeBook ISBN: 978-3-319-39445-9DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-39445-9Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-39443-5Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81887-0Series ISSN: 1860-0832Edition Number 1