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Dataset
Homeric Epic Repeated Lines Chart 2: Sets of Odyssey Base Lines
(2015)
  • Keith L. Yoder, University of Massachusetts
Description
This revised chart contains a summary list of the 808 sets of duplicate line repetitions in the Odyssey of Homer that are based on an initial appearance in the Odyssey. The data is derived from my computerized analysis of text and lemmatization information contained in xml files downloaded from the WordHoard (Chicago Homer) website. My associated paper "Homeric Epic Repeated Lines Chart 4: All Odyssey Repeated Lines" has the same information, but sorted by the 2,650 actual repetitions that appear in the Odyssey. I have also posted a similar pair of papers cataloging repetitions based on initial lines in the Iliad. All four papers have a common two-page preface at the beginning of the download pdf explaining how to read the charts. This revision incorporates matching between the two epics, matching of adjacent leading or trailing phrases, and expanded fuzzy matching to include variations in personal and/or possessive pronoun lemmas.
Keywords
  • Homer,
  • Odyssey,
  • Iliad,
  • fuzzy matching,
  • duplicate,
  • repeated,
  • lines,
  • repetition
Publication Date
2015
Citation Information
Keith L. Yoder. "Homeric Epic Repeated Lines Chart 2: Sets of Odyssey Base Lines" (2015)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/klyoder/11/