The Odyssey’s mythological network

Pedro Jeferson Miranda; Murilo da Silva Baptista; Sandro Ely de Souza Pinto

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The Odyssey’s mythological network

Pedro Jeferson Miranda, Murilo da Silva Baptista, Sandro Ely de Souza Pinto^* (Corresponding Author)

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Abstract

In this work, we study the mythological network of Odyssey of Homer. We use ordinary statistical quantifiers in order to classify the network as real or fictional. We also introduce an analysis of communities which allows us to see how network properties shall emerge. We found that Odyssey can be classified both as real and fictional network. This statement is supported as far as mythological characters are removed, which results in a network with real properties. The community analysis indicated to us that there is a power-law relationship based on the max degree of each community. These results allow us to conclude that Odyssey might be an amalgam of myth and of historical facts, with communities playing a central role.

Original language	English
Article number	e0200703
Number of pages	22
Journal	PloS ONE
Volume	13
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200703
Publication status	Published - 30 Jul 2018

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social networks
statistical universitality
analysis of communities
comparative mythology

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Odyssey's mythological network
Miranda, P. J. (Creator), Baptista, M. (Creator) & E. de S. Pinto, S. (Creator), University of Aberdeen, 6 Jul 2018
DOI: 10.20392/66b70b0e-10f6-4011-86a7-66b2fd6e5ac1
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