Word Frequency in Homer
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Word Frequency in Homer
My conversation with Junya has given me an idea for my own use. Is there any source out there with a list of the most commonly used words in Homer, most commonly used words first? I know that the Chicago Homer has word counts, but I'm looking for already compiled statistics.
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Re: Word Frequency in Homer
You might find the book at http://www.archive.org/details/homericv ... 00owenrich useful.
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Exactly the kind of thing I was looking for! Thank you.modus.irrealis wrote:You might find the book at http://www.archive.org/details/homericv ... 00owenrich useful.
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Re: Word Frequency in Homer
You can also make your own customized word frequency lists using the Perseus Vocabulary Tool:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/vocab?lang=greek
It's kind of neat because you can select which books to include, which frequency thresholds to use for including vs. excluding words and you can choose how they are sorted. Also, of course, it's nice because the output is text (allows you to copy, paste, resort, etc.), not a scanned pdf file. Works not just for Homer, but any Greek texts available on Perseus. There is also a similar tool for Latin.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/vocab?lang=greek
It's kind of neat because you can select which books to include, which frequency thresholds to use for including vs. excluding words and you can choose how they are sorted. Also, of course, it's nice because the output is text (allows you to copy, paste, resort, etc.), not a scanned pdf file. Works not just for Homer, but any Greek texts available on Perseus. There is also a similar tool for Latin.
The lists:
G'Oogle and the Internet Pharrchive - 1100 or so free Latin and Greek books.
DownLOEBables - Free books from the Loeb Classical Library
G'Oogle and the Internet Pharrchive - 1100 or so free Latin and Greek books.
DownLOEBables - Free books from the Loeb Classical Library
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Re: Word Frequency in Homer
An updated (1969) version of this book is available: Homeric Vocabularies (by Owen and Goodspeed).modus.irrealis wrote:You might find the book at http://www.archive.org/details/homericv ... 00owenrich useful.
It is the same book with one major improvement: the English translations of the Greek words are now alongside each Greek word. In the original book the English words are listed separately and cross-referenced to the Greek.
I bought a copy from Amazon(UK). It's a smallish and not very expensive book.
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Re: Word Frequency in Homer
Sweet. Now that I know there are 1439 unique words in book 1 of the Iliad alone, it gives me that much more motivation to use this tool.edonnelly wrote:You can also make your own customized word frequency lists using the Perseus Vocabulary Tool
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Re: Word Frequency in Homer
Recently started using this book, but I've started thinking, wouldn't it be better to list verbs with all their principle parts?
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Re: Word Frequency in Homer
Thank you so much for this reference! I was wondering which of these two verbs, which translate the Latin sūmere, was used more often: λαμβάνω or αἱρέω. And I got my answer -- fast! Nice.modus.irrealis wrote:You might find the book at http://www.archive.org/details/homericv ... 00owenrich useful.
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Re: Word Frequency in Homer
And thank YOU for this reference, too! A very handy tool to have!edonnelly wrote:You can also make your own customized word frequency lists using the Perseus Vocabulary Tool:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/vocab?lang=greek
It's kind of neat because you can select which books to include, which frequency thresholds to use for including vs. excluding words and you can choose how they are sorted. Also, of course, it's nice because the output is text (allows you to copy, paste, resort, etc.), not a scanned pdf file. Works not just for Homer, but any Greek texts available on Perseus. There is also a similar tool for Latin.