Analysis of combat fighting in Homer's Iliad

This is a dataset containing the data from a textual analysis of Homer’s Iliad aiming to identify the main types of combat and the typical techniques, movements, and weapons used by combatants. This dataset has been previously posted by our group. We are re-posting the same dataset, as the earlier Figshare post included errors in the description of the file. The analysis included a careful study of the Iliad performed independently by two reviewers who were either study investigators or had an extensive background in classical studies. To eliminate inter-reviewer bias due to interpretation of ancient Greek, the textual analyses were performed using the Iliad translation into Modern Greek by Prof. Dimitrios N. Maronitis, a well-accepted translation that received the 2011 State Award for Interlanguage Translation. Notes addressing each topic were transcribed verbatim by a third investigator and were proofread by the original reviewer. Thematic analysis of transcripts was conducted independently by three investigators (Andreas Flouris, Stavros Petmezas, and Panagiotis Asimoglou). Thereafter, each investigator reviewed the others’ results, and then they established the final themes by consensus.

本数据集包含针对荷马《伊利亚特》（Homer’s Iliad）的文本分析所得数据，旨在甄别主要战斗类型以及作战人员所使用的典型战术、动作与武器。本团队此前已发布过该数据集，此次重新发布是因为早前在Figshare平台发布时存在文件描述错误。本次分析由两名独立评审员开展，二人要么为本研究的研究人员，要么拥有深厚的古典学研究背景，他们对《伊利亚特》进行了细致研读。为消除因古希腊语解读带来的评审员间偏差，文本分析采用季米特里奥斯·N.·马罗尼蒂斯（Dimitrios N. Maronitis）教授的现代希腊语译本完成；该译本广受学界认可，曾荣获2011年跨语言翻译国家奖。针对各主题的批注由第三名研究人员逐字转录，并由原评审员进行校对。三名研究人员——安德烈亚斯·弗卢里斯（Andreas Flouris）、斯塔夫罗斯·佩特梅扎斯（Stavros Petmezas）与帕纳约蒂斯·阿西米奥格卢（Panagiotis Asimoglou）——独立开展了转录文本的主题分析。随后，每位研究人员审阅其他成员的分析结果，最终通过协商一致确定最终主题。