QuotationFinder - Searching for Quotations and Allusions in Greek and Latin Texts and Establishing the Degree to Which a Quotation or Allusion Matches Its Source
This addresses a specific need for scholars and researchers in classical studies by providing a more effective tool for textual analysis, though it appears incremental as it builds on existing datasets like TLG and CLCLT.
The authors tackled the problem of finding quotations and allusions in Greek and Latin texts, which existing software tools handle poorly, by developing QuotationFinder, a tool that ranks search results based on match closeness to source texts, listing literal quotations first and loose parallels last.
The software programs generally used with the TLG (Thesaurus Linguae Graecae) and the CLCLT (CETEDOC Library of Christian Latin Texts) CD-ROMs are not well suited for finding quotations and allusions. QuotationFinder uses more sophisticated criteria as it ranks search results based on how closely they match the source text, listing search results with literal quotations first and loose verbal parallels last.