Posted by Will Brockman, Software Engineer, on Inside Google Books: As an undergraduate I dabbled in Classics, and I remember being surprised by the term hapax legomenon (ἅπαξ λεγόμενον). That’s “written once” — a word that occurs in only one place in the written record. It seems impossible, but happens surprisingly often: over 300 words [...]
Archive of entries posted on July 2010
L’affiche du Manifeste des Digital Humanities
Here is the manifesto of the Digital Humanities promulgated in Paris during THATCamp – User generated “Unconference” on Digital Humanities (May 18-19, 2010): It is possible to sign the manifesto going to the wiki Télécharger le manifeste Download the manifesto
The Homer Multitext Project
The new website of the Homer Multitext Project: http://www.homermultitext.org An here is the Project Blog: http://homermultitext.blogspot.com/ The Homer Multitext seeks to present the textual transmission of the Homeric Iliad and Odyssey in a historical framework. Such a framework is needed to account for the full reality of a complex medium of oral performance that underwent [...]
Digital Classicist 2010 Summer Seminar Programme
Here is the programme of the Digital Classicist 2010 summer seminars, which will be held at the Institute of Classical Studies, London. One of the seminars (July 30) is on Fragmentary Texts and Digital Collections of Fragmentary Authors (Monica Berti & Marco Büchler) Meetings are on Fridays at 16:30 in room STB9 (Stewart House) Senate [...]
