Exploratory Philology

Learning About Ancient Languages through Computer Programming

Author

Patrick J. Burns

Published

January 1, 2026

Exploratory Philology

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Exploratory Philology: Learning About Ancient Languages through Computer Programming presents a series of experiments in computational approaches to classical Greek and Latin texts. Each chapter follows a consistent structure:

  • Devise (introduce the question)
  • Plan (pseudocode)
  • Code (implementation)
  • Explore (further analysis)
  • Further Reading

New chapters coming soon.