Benjamin Nagy (University of\u00a0Adelaide)<\/p>\n
WOOOOSH! Analysing Latin Poetry with Computers<\/strong><\/p>\n In 1989, Reeve wrote that \u201cwhen one has read 5000 lines of Silius and goes on to read another 6000, the Ovidian fluency of [a certain passage] stands out\u201d.[1] That\u2019s cool, but what _exactly_ is \u2018Ovidian fluency\u2019? Can we measure it? In this presentation we\u2019ll try to find out.\u00a0 Using \u2018computational stylometry\u2019, it is possible to objectively measure many aspects of poetic \u2018style\u2019. We will explore a variety of approaches to quantifying authorial style in terms of metre, language (lexicon and grammar), literary allusion and phonology (euphony or rhyme). These emerging methods can help to decide authorship questions, examine how authors influence each other, or simply help us to better understand the poets\u2019 techniques.<\/p>\n [1] M.D. Reeve, \u2018A New Edition of Silius Italicus – Josef Delz: Silius Italicus, Punica. (Bibl. Teubneriana.) Pp. lxxviii + 528. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1987. DM 168.\u2019, Class. Rev., 39 (October 1989), 215\u2013218.<\/p>\n Zoom discussion (open from 1pm 2nd October):<\/p>\n