Origen -- A Basic Stylometric Study
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I would suggest Hippolytus, but it is a rather daunting subject.
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Thanks for the suggestion. It certainly would have relevant results for scholarship, being a well-known thorny problem.Mike Z wrote:I would suggest Hippolytus, but it is a rather daunting subject.
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I wouldn't mind seeing other analyses of known forgeries. It seems to me that there might be a difference between identifying misattribution and forgery with stylometry, since only in the latter case is the author probably trying to disguise his writing.
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One problem is that a lot of "Hippolytus" survives only in translation and Greek stylometry is not possible.Peter Kirby wrote:Thanks for the suggestion. It certainly would have relevant results for scholarship, being a well-known thorny problem.Mike Z wrote:I would suggest Hippolytus, but it is a rather daunting subject.
The most obvious thing to do in Greek is try to determine whether 'Refutation of all Heresies is by the same person as Against Noetus
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Good suggestion. We have at least one advantage; the techniques used in ancient times to mimic style (or what-have-you) cannot improve ... but our techniques of detection can.Tenorikuma wrote:I wouldn't mind seeing other analyses of known forgeries. It seems to me that there might be a difference between identifying misattribution and forgery with stylometry, since only in the latter case is the author probably trying to disguise his writing.
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Out of curiosity, have you considered comparing 3 Corinthians to the other epistles?
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It's very short. I'd need something much better than I have to make anything meaningful out 3 Corinthians.Tenorikuma wrote:Out of curiosity, have you considered comparing 3 Corinthians to the other epistles?
My next stylometry project will be to improve the algorithm.
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