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Stichometry

Stichometry is the practice of counting lines in texts: Ancient Greeks and Romans measured the length of their books in lines, just as modern books are measured in pages. This practice was rediscovered by German and French scholars in the 19th century. Stichos (pl. stichoi) is the Greek word for a 'line' of prose or poetry and the suffix '-metry' is…

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Evidence for stichometry

HerodotusDemosthenesAcrophonic numeralsGalenZeno of Citium
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Modern rediscovery

Friedrich RitschlCharles GrauxMartin SchanzTheodor BirtHermann Diels
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University of Würzburg
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Stichometry

Nodes33
Edges32
Triples65
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.060606
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related to Evidence for stichometry · 26
Stichometry → AD, Alexandria, Aristotle, Athens, BC, Christian Bible, Citium, Demosthenes, Diogenes Laërtius, Europe, Galen, Greek, He, Hellenistic, Herodotus, In, Latin, Library, Many, Pinakes
related to External links · 18
Stichometry → Ancient Book, Bassi's, Birt's The Nature, English, French, German, Graux, Greek, Herculaneum, Internet Archive, Italian, JSTOR, Lang's, Latin Palaeography, Les Articles Originaux, New Testament, Schanz's, Thompson’s Introduction
has application · 8
Stichometry → Alexandria, Callimachus, Herculaneum, Holger Essler, Library, Rudolf Blum, University, Würzburg
related to Definitions · 5
Stichometry → Christian, Jewish, Partial, Some, There
is a · 3
Stichometry → practice of counting lines in texts, practice of including a series of numerals in the margins of a text, practice of reporting the total number of lines in a work
see also · 1
Stichometry → NicephorusAttic

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line ancient book number standard used practice texts lines century greek total work research stichometric german many length became evidence

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Stichometryis apractice of counting lines in texts0.90text
Stichometryis apractice of reporting the total number of lines in a work0.90text
Stichometryis apractice of including a series of numerals in the margins of a text0.90text
Herodotusinstance ofIn texts of classical authors0.80text
Demosthenesinstance ofIn texts of classical authors0.80text
these totals are expressed in the olderinstance ofIn texts of classical authors0.80text
acrophonic numerals that were used in Athens during the classical period but abandoned sometime during the Hellenistic periodinstance ofIn texts of classical authors0.80text
Stichometryhas applicationRudolf Blum0.60section
Stichometryhas applicationCallimachus0.60section
Stichometryhas applicationLibrary0.60section
Stichometryhas applicationAlexandria0.60section
Stichometryhas applicationHolger Essler0.60section

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