Texts
verse beg. Robo maith Aichil mac Péil
- Late Middle Irish
- verse
- Irish poetry
Irish poem on the deeds of Achilles (Aichill) in his younger years
First words (verse)
- Robo maith Aichil mac Péil
“Good was Achilles son of Peleus”
Manuscripts
- Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 3 = Book of Ádhamh Ó Cianáin [s. xiv-xv]ff. 22vb–23rbeginning: ‘Robo maith Aichil mac Pel’
Language
- Late Middle Irish
Date
c.1100 (Carney); “c.1150 or perhaps slightly later, although it is scarcely possible to demonstrate the greater likelihood of either of these dates on purely linguistic grounds” (Ó hAodha).
Form
verse (primary)
Number of stanzas
14
Sources
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Secondary sources (select)
web page identifiers
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
June 2013, last updated: November 2022