Cyberinfrastructure for Classical Philology

No humanists have moved more aggressively in the digital world than students of the Greco-Roman world but the first generation of digital classics has seen relatively superficial methods to address the problems of print culture. We are now beginning to see new intellectual practices for which new terms, eWissenschaft and eClassics, and a new cyberinfrastructure are emerging

Digital Classical Philology

The buzzwords “Information Society” and “Age of Access” suggest that information is now universally accessible without any form of hindrance. Indeed, the German constitution calls for all citizens to have open access to information. Yet in reality, there are multifarious hurdles to information access – whether physical, economic, intellectual, linguistic, political, or technical. Thus, while new methods and practices for making information accessible arise on a daily basis, we are nevertheless confronted by limitations to information access in various domains. This new book series assembles academics and professionals in various fields in order to illuminate the various dimensions of information's inaccessability. While the series discusses principles and techniques for transcending the hurdles to information access, it also addresses necessary boundaries to accessability.This book describes the state of the art of digital philology with a focus on ancient Greek and Latin. It addresses problems such as accessibility of information about Greek and Latin sources, data entry, collection and analysis of Classical texts and describes the fundamental role of libraries in building digital catalogs and developing machine-readable citation systems

Digital Classical Philology and the Critical Apparatus

The critical apparatus has been trade mark for classical philology ever since the development of the genealogical method and the establishment of the historical-critical edition. Its purpose is to justify the textus constitutus by displaying all significant variations in the history of a classical text and thus making editorial decisions transparent. Within digital scholarship, the critical apparatus tends to be perceived as a sign of methodological inadequacy and technological backwardness. Conceptual achievements of digital textual scholarship and their prototypical implementation into digital scholarly editions and library projects - even if mostly concerned with Medieval Latin, vernacular or modern literature - have developed a range of innovative practices, formats and features. These may help not only to transpose and vindicate the role of the critical apparatus in a digital environment but also to enhance its original core functionalities

Towards the Automatic Retrieval of Cited Parallel Passages from Secondary Literature

My presentation at the "Classical Philology Goes Digital" workshop in Potsdam (16-17 February 2017), www.dh.uni-leipzig.de/wo/events/global-philology-open-conference

The Vanishing Gardens of Priapus

This is a publisher's version of an article published in the journal Harvard Studies in Classical Philology in 2010. The offprint is posted here by special permission via correspondence

Classical Tradition in Spain: Some Perspectives from Classical Philology

Se definen conceptos previos relacionados con el estudio de la fortuna de lo clásico y se destacan algunas obras críticas fundamentales para esta disciplina. Se pone de relieve en especial la importancia de la producción de María Rosa Lida de Malkiel como modelo para el estudio de la presencia de lo clásico en la literatura española. Y se analizan, en general y en pasajes concretos, dos obras de la literatura española en relación con su recepción de lo clásico: el Libro de buen amor del Arcipreste de Hita (siglo XIV), ejemplo de recepción medieval, y la Fábula de Faetón del Conde de Villamediana (siglo XVII), ejemplo de recepción barroca. El ingrediente clásico en la obra del Arcipreste proviene mayoritariamente de fuentes intermedias (Pamphilus, Compendium moralium de Geremia da Montagnone, etc.) y es sobre todo de carácter material (elementos doctrinales, morales, tópicos). La fábula mitológica de Villamediana no solo es deudora de lo clásico en su argumento mitológico-ovidiano, sino en su estilo oscuro, que se fundamenta en el latinismo constante y en el recurso a la perífrasis culta y frecuentemente mitológica; estas características de la obra requieren una especial pericia para su correcta edición y glosa.This paper defines previous concepts related to the study of the fortune of the classical and highlights some key critical works to this topic. The importance of María Rosa Lida de Malkiel’s production is brought to light as a model for the study of the presence of the classical in Spanish Literature. Two works of Spanish literature are also analyzed, in general and in specific extracts, according to the relation with their reception of the classical: the Libro del buen amor by Archpriest of Hita (14th century), example of medieval reception, and the Fabula de Faetón by the Count of Villamediana (17th century), example of reception in the Baroque period. The classical element in the Archpriest’s work comes chiefly from intermediate sources (Pamphilus, Compendium Moralium by Geremia da Montagnone, etc.) and is mainly of a material nature (doctrinal, moral, commonplace elements). Villamediana's mythological fable is not only influenced by the classic in its mythological-Ovidean plot, but also in its obscure style, based on the constant Latinisms and on the frequent use of learned and mythological periphrasis; these characteristics of this work demand a special expertise for its correct edition and comment

Editorial

During our workshop scholars who represent several academic disciplines and institutions gathered to talk about their projects. We invited Digital Humanists who have experience with specific issues in Classical Philology and who presented methods and outcomes of their research