My program successfully analyzes all lines of the Iliad except for three (using van Thiel's text). Here are the three exceptions:
ανδροτητα clearly resolves as long - long - short. So, following Monro, I change it to αδροτητα, and presto, the program is able to resolve it (it inserts an inverted breve beneath the mute-liquid/nasal pair that is read short, δρ):Π857 ον ποτμον γοοωϲα λιπουϲ ανδροτητα και ηβην
Χ363 ον ποτμον γοοωϲα λιπουϲ ανδροτητα και ηβην
Ω6 Πατροκλου ποθεων ανδροτητα τε και μενοϲ ηυ
About 1000 lines have multiple results that I can't distinguish between easily. In fact, many more lines have multiple possible resolutions through synizesis, etc., but the program can usually score each result and choose the best. That approach breaks down on things like this:ον ποτμον γοοωϲα λιπουϲ αδ̮ρ̮οτητα και‿ηβην
πατροκλου ποθεων αδ̮ρ̮οτητα τε και μενοϲ ηϋ
Cross-referencing (or some grammar awareness) will help for most of these, and I can mark the rest manually.Original:
Α276 αλλ εα ωϲ οι πρωτα δοϲαν γεραϲ υιεϲ Αχαιων
Multiple Results:
Α276 αλλ εα ωϲ οι πρωτα δοϲαν γεραϲ υιεϲ αχαιων
Α276 αλλ εᾱ‿ωϲ οι πρωτα δοϲαν γεραϲ υιεϲ αχαιων
Original:
Α363 εξαυδα μη κευθε νοωι ινα ειδομεν αμφω
Multiple Results:
Α363 εξαυδᾱ μη κευθε νοωι ινα ειδομεν αμφω
Α363 εξαυδᾱ μη κευθε νοωι ινᾱ‿ειδομεν αμφω
One decision that I made -- perhaps I was correct, perhaps not -- was to ignore diaeresis as marked by editors and to calculate it manually. By diaeresis I refer to the mark over a vowel, not the line break. My program will insert it if necessary, but generally prefers not to break up a diphthong. So here is the most highly scored resolution to the first line of the Iliad:
The above scores -1 points because of the missing correption. Note that it is reading πηληιαδεω as πηλῃαδεω.Original:
Α1 μηνιν αειδε θεα Πηληιαδεω Αχιληοϲ
Result:
Α1 μηνιν αειδε θεᾱ πηληιαδεω αχιληοϲ
Now here is the textbook resolution. Note that I mark synizesis with a ring below the vowel that is not pronounced:
It scores -4.5 because in addition to the missing correption, there is a synizesis and a broken diphthong.Points: -4.5
μηνιν αειδε θεᾱ πηληϊαδε̥ω αχιληοϲ
However Π686 argues for the diaeresis:
Also λ557 from the Odyssey:νηπιοϲ ει δε εποϲ Πηληιαδαο φυλαξεν
ισον Αχιλληοσ κεφαληι Πηληιαδαο
The Πηλειδ- form does not need the diaeresis, but sometimes synizesis occurs:
Also the Πηλεωϲ form:Original:
Ο64 Πηλειδεω Αχιληοϲ ο δ ανϲτηϲει ον εταιρον
Result:
Ο64 πηλειδε̥ω αχιληοϲ ο δ ανϲτηϲει ον εταιρον
I will post on the Odyssey shortly.Original:
Α489 διογενηϲ Πηλεωϲ υιοϲ ποδαϲ ωκυϲ Αχιλλευϲ
Result:
Α489 δῑογενηϲ πηλε̥ωϲ υιοϲ ποδαϲ ωκυϲ αχιλλευϲ