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Diogenes

2021-08-03T16:47:20Z

PeterHeslin:

== Available ==

* https://d.iogen.es/

== Author ==

* Peter Heslin

== Description ==

Diogenes is a free, open source tool for searching and browsing the databases of ancient texts, primarily in Latin and Greek, that were once published on CD-ROM by the [http://www.tlg.uci.edu/ Thesaurus Linguae Graecae] and the [http://www.packhum.org/ Packard Humanities Institute]. These databases, which must be acquired separately, include the TLG (up to version E), the PHI corpus of Latin texts up to AD 200, the Duke Documentary Papyri collection, and the PHI-sponsored corpora of ancient inscriptions.

== The Diogenes Desktop Application ==

The classic version of Diogenes is an application that you can install on your desktop and laptop. Once downloaded, it does not require a connection to the Internet and provides the user with offline access to full morphological analysis and lexica for Latin and Greek. It has been in existence for over 20 years; version 4, released in 2019, marked a major upgrade.

Some features of the Diogenes desktop application are:
* Reading texts: click on a word to see its definition
* Morphological analysis from [[Perseus]]
* Lexica: Liddell-Scott-Jones and Lewis-Short (originally from [[Perseus]]; now corrected by [[Logeion]]).
* Basic search: within a corpus or within an author
* Advanced search: inflectional variants, co-occurrence of multiple words within a given scope
* Lookup inflected forms and dictionary entries
* Create convenient customized subsets of particular texts for repeated searching
* For the TLG, create subsets based upon chronological, geographical and other criteria
* Click on a citation in a lexicon entry to jump to its context
* Export texts as TEI-compliant XML

Diogenes is free software, licensed under the GPL, version 3.

== [https://d.iogen.es/web DiogenesWeb] ==

This is a new web-based version of Diogenes that runs in your browser; unlike the desktop application, it does require an Internet connection. It aims to provide similar functionality to the Diogenes desktop application, but with an interface optimized for handheld devices. It operates upon XML files of Latin and Greek texts, which can be either publicly available or in your private cloud storage.

DiogenesWeb includes access to a number of open access corpora:
* [[Perseus]] texts (Greek, Latin and translations)
* 1000 Years of Greek (from the [[Open Greek and Latin]] project)
* [[DigilibLT]]
* Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum (open access CSEL texts only)

In addition, you can convert texts from the TLG and PHI CD-ROM corpora to XML by using the Diogenes desktop application, and then upload these to a folder in your private cloud storage (Dropbox only, as of yet). You give DiogenesWeb access to that folder in a secure manner and you can then read those texts on your handheld device.

DiogenesWeb currently works well for reading through texts, but search functionality has not been implemented yet.

[[Category:Tools]]
[[category:corpora]]
[[category:lexica]]

Diogenes

2021-08-03T16:36:59Z

PeterHeslin:

== Available ==

* https://d.iogen.es/

== Author ==

* Peter Heslin

== Description ==

Diogenes is a free, open source tool for searching and browsing the databases of ancient texts, primarily in Latin and Greek, that were once published on CD-ROM by the [http://www.tlg.uci.edu/ Thesaurus Linguae Graecae] and the [http://www.packhum.org/ Packard Humanities Institute]. These databases, which must be acquired separately, include the TLG (up to version E), the PHI corpus of Latin texts up to AD 200, the Duke Documentary Papyri collection, and the PHI-sponsored corpora of ancient inscriptions.

== The Diogenes Desktop Application ==

The classic version of Diogenes is an application that you can install on your desktop and laptop. Once downloaded, it does not require a connection to the Internet and provides the user with offline access to full morphological analysis and lexica for Latin and Greek. It has been in existence for over 20 years; version 4, released in 2019, marked a major upgrade.

Some features of the Diogenes desktop application are:
* Reading texts: click on a word to see its definition
* Morphological analysis from [[Perseus]]
* Lexica: Liddell-Scott-Jones and Lewis-Short (originally from [[Perseus]]; now corrected by [[Logeion]]).
* Basic search: within a corpus or within an author
* Advanced search: inflectional variants, co-occurrence of multiple words within a given scope
* Lookup inflected forms and dictionary entries
* Create convenient customized subsets of particular texts for repeated searching
* For the TLG, create subsets based upon chronological, geographical and other criteria
* Click on a citation in a lexicon entry to jump to its context
* Export texts as TEI-compliant XML

Diogenes is free software, licensed under the GPL, version 3.

== [https://d.iogen.es/web DiogenesWeb] ==

This is a new web-based version of Diogenes that runs in your browser; unlike the desktop application, it does require an Internet connection. It aims to provide similar functionality to the Diogenes desktop application, but with an interface optimized for handheld devices. It operates upon XML files of Latin and Greek texts, which can be either publicly available or in your private cloud storage.

DiogenesWeb includes access to a number of open access corpora:
* [[Perseus]] texts (Greek, Latin and translations)
* 1000 Years of Greek
* [[DigilibLT]]
* Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum (open access CSEL texts only)

In addition, you can convert texts from the TLG and PHI CD-ROM corpora to XML by using the Diogenes desktop application, and then upload these to a folder in your private cloud storage (Dropbox only, as of yet). You give DiogenesWeb access to that folder in a secure manner and you can then read those texts on your handheld device.

DiogenesWeb currently works well for reading through texts, but search functionality has not been implemented yet.

[[Category:Tools]]
[[category:corpora]]
[[category:lexica]]

Diogenes

2021-08-03T16:27:57Z

PeterHeslin:

==Available==

* https://d.iogen.es/

==Author==

* Peter Heslin

==Description==

Diogenes is a free, open source tool for searching and browsing the databases of ancient texts, primarily in Latin and Greek, that were once published on CD-ROM by the [http://www.tlg.uci.edu/ Thesaurus Linguae Graecae] and the [http://www.packhum.org/ Packard Humanities Institute]. These databases, which must be acquired separately, include the TLG (up to version E), the PHI corpus of Latin texts up to AD 200, the Duke Documentary Papyri collection, and the PHI-sponsored corpora of ancient inscriptions.

==The Diogenes Desktop Application==

The classic version of Diogenes is an application that you can install on your desktop and laptop. Once downloaded, it does not require a connection to the Internet and provides the user with offline access to full morphological analysis and lexica for Latin and Greek. It has been in existence for over 20 years; version 4, released in 2019, marked a major upgrade.

Some features of the Diogenes desktop application are:
* Reading texts: click on a word to see its definition
* Morphological analysis from [[Perseus]]
* Lexica: Liddell-Scott-Jones and Lewis-Short (originally from [[Perseus]]; now corrected by [[Logeion]]).
* Basic search: within a corpus or within an author
* Advanced search: inflectional variants, co-occurrence of multiple words within a given scope
* Lookup inflected forms and dictionary entries
* Create convenient customized subsets of particular texts for repeated searching
* For the TLG, create subsets based upon chronological, geographical and other criteria
* Click on a citation in a lexicon entry to jump to its context
* Export texts as TEI-compliant XML

Diogenes is free software, licensed under the GPL, version 3.

==DiogenesWeb==

This is a new web-based version of Diogenes that runs in your browser; unlike the desktop application, it does require an Internet connection. It aims to provide similar functionality to the Diogenes desktop application, but with an interface optimized for handheld devices. It operates upon XML files of Latin and Greek texts, which can be either publicly available or in your private cloud storage.

DiogenesWeb includes access to a number of open access corpora:
* [[Perseus]] texts (Greek, Latin and translations)
* 1000 Years of Greek
* [[DigilibLT]]
* Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum (open access CSEL texts only)

[[Category:Tools]]
[[category:corpora]]
[[category:lexica]]

Diogenes

2021-08-03T15:38:03Z

PeterHeslin:

Search the TLG and PHI databases

2007-06-25T13:24:52Z

PeterHeslin:

== How do I search the TLG/PHI/etc. databases? ==

=== TLG Online ===

The simplest answer to this question is that if you are a member of an institution that has a license to the [http://www.tlg.uci.edu/ TLG Online], then (so long as you are on-site and have half-decent web access) that is the best way to search the texts of the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae, both because the search engine is excellent, and because the texts are now several years more up-to-date than the CD ROM.

=== PHI Greek Inscriptions Online ===

The PHI "Searchable Greek Inscriptions" tool is also online at http://epigraphy.packhum.org/inscriptions/, albeit with a more primitive search interface than the TLG.

=== TLG/PHI CD ROMs ===
If you do not have access to the online TLG, however, or if you are interested in searching one of the [http://132.236.125.30/ Packard Humanities Institute] discs of documentary papyri and inscriptions (PHI 7.0) or Latin texts (PHI 5.3), then you should be aware that the CDs on which these texts are served do '''not''' contain software with which to read or search said data.

If you run a Windows PC (or a Classics Mac--OS 9 or lower) then many of the software applications listed on the [http://www.tlg.uci.edu/Software.html TLG Software Page] may be appropriate. Most of these are commercial products that require purchasing, although some are cheap or even cost-free. (Several tools are reviewed in a recent BMCR article at http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2005/2005-05-07.html .)

There is also a free software package (GPL) called [[Diogenes (TLG/PHI Reader)|Diogenes]], which is not listed on the TLG page. It runs under Mac OS X (10.3 or later), Windows and Linux, and can be set up as a networked server. The installation procedure has been much simplified in recent versions.

MacOSX users may also be able to run the HyperCard software package Pandora using either the Classic system 9.2 emulator, or a HyperCard emulator such as [http://www.runrev.com/ Runrev's Dreamcard] (though I should disclose that I haven't managed to make the latter work yet, GB).

Now see also the version of "SNS Greek and Latin" for MacOSX, available from http://snsgreek.sns.it/sns_02.html

=== Other search tools ===

For other tools to search in the texts of inscriptions and papyri, see the [[:category:Epigraphyandpapyrology|Epigraphy and Papyrology]] category in this Wiki.

''to be continued''

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Diogenes

2007-06-25T13:17:52Z

PeterHeslin:

=== Download ===

* http://www.dur.ac.uk/p.j.heslin/Software/Diogenes/index.php

=== Description ===

Diogenes is a tool for searching and browsing the databases of ancient texts, primarily in Latin and Greek, that are published by the [http://www.tlg.uci.edu/ Thesaurus Linguae Graecae] and the [http://www.packhum.org/ Packard Humanities Institute]. It is free software: you are encouraged to modify, improve, and redistribute it under the terms of the [http://www.dur.ac.uk/p.j.heslin/Software/Diogenes/license.php GNU General Public license].

The goal of this software package is to provide a free, transparent and flexible interface to the classical databases on CD-Rom in the PHI format, which include the TLG, the PHI corpus of Latin texts up to AD 200, the Duke Documentary Papyri collection, and the PHI-sponsored corpora of ancient inscriptions.

* The latest version of Diogenes should be much, much easier to install for Mac (OS X 10.3 or higher), Windows, and Linux.

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