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Bard

A bard was a poet and singer who composed and performed verse in the service of a patron, a calling attested among the ancient Celts and continued in the medieval Celtic-speaking world. The ancient bard is known from Greek and Roman authors writing about Gaul between the 1st century BC and the 4th century AD, who count the bards, with the druids and the v…

Etymology, Medieval Celtic bards & Classical accounts

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Etymology

LoanwordGaelicIrishGaulishMiddle Irish
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Medieval Celtic bards

FileAneirinTaliesinGogynfeirddLlywelyn ap Gruffudd
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Classical accounts

PosidoniusDiodorus SiculusStraboAthenaeusAmmianus Marcellinus
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Romantic and modern reception

MyrddinOisínGeorgian BritainWorks of OssianJames Macpherson
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Etymology

Classical accounts

Medieval Celtic bards

Indo-European inheritance

Romantic and modern reception

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Bard

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Triples154
Avg. degree1.98
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Bard

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related to Romantic and modern reception · 31
Bard → Aneirin, Assembly, Bards, Because, Britain, Celtic, Edward Williams, Eisteddfod, English, Europe, Georgian Britain, Goethe, Gorsedd Beirdd Ynys Prydein, Herder, Highland, In, In Wales, Iolo Morganwg, Island, James Macpherson
related to Classical accounts · 19
Bard → AD, Ammianus Marcellinus, Appian, Athenaeus, BC, Diodorus Siculus, Further, Gaul, Gaulish, Gauls, Greek, Latin, Lucan, Posidonius, Roman, Strabo, The, These, Timagenes
related to Indo-European inheritance · 18
Bard → Ammianus, Calvert Watkins, Diodorus, Gaulish, Germanic, Gothic, Homeric, In, Indo-European, Irish, Lucan, Martin, Some, The, Thracian, Vedic, Welsh Gododdin, West
related to Wales · 18
Bard → After, Aneirin, Below, Cywyddwyr, God, Gogynfeirdd, Gruffudd, He, Highest, Hywel Dda, In Welsh, Laws, Llywelyn, Poets, Princes, Taliesin, The, Wales
related to Sources · 17
Bard → Ammianus Marcellinus, Athenaeus, BC, Celts, Diodorus Siculus, Festus's De, Gaul, Gaulish, Gauls, Lucan, Paulus Diaconus, Pharsalia, Posidonius, Strabo, The, The Latin, Timagenes
related to Etymology · 14
Bard → Ancient Greek, Celtic, Gaelic, Gaulish, Irish, It, Latin, Linguistically, Middle Breton, Middle Irish, Middle Welsh, Old Cornish, The, The English
related to Craft and status · 10
Bard → Arvernian Louernios, Athenaeus, Celtic, Diodorus, His, Irish, Louernios, Miranda Aldhouse-Green, Posidonius, The
related to Ireland · 9
Bard → Bretha Nemed, By, Church, Each, Medieval Irish, Ríar, The, Uraicecht, Uraicecht Becc
related to Medieval Celtic bards · 7
Bard → British Isles, Celtic-speaking, In, Ireland, Roman, The, Wales
related to Learned triad · 6
Bard → Ammianus, In Diodorus, Ireland, Of, Strabo, The

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bards irish poet poets celtic century word druids welsh gaulish poetry verse praise medieval diodorus ireland wales satire also among

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Bardis aloanword from the Gaelic bàrd and Irish bàrd0.90text
Scottinstance ofThe figure was treated with sympathy by writers0.80text
Peacockinstance ofThe figure was treated with sympathy by writers0.80text
but its standing fell in the Victorian periodinstance ofThe figure was treated with sympathy by writers0.80text
and the unmasking of the Celtic forgeries cost it further creditinstance ofThe figure was treated with sympathy by writers0.80text
Bardrelated to Classical accountsThe0.60section
Bardrelated to Classical accountsGreek0.60section
Bardrelated to Classical accountsRoman0.60section
Bardrelated to Classical accountsGaul0.60section
Bardrelated to Classical accountsBC0.60section
Bardrelated to Classical accountsAD0.60section
Bardrelated to Classical accountsPosidonius0.60section

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