https://grafemas.net/tags/herodotus/ Recent content in herodotus on Γραφεμας Hugo -- gohugo.io en Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://grafemas.net/blog/race/herodotus-embeddings/ Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://grafemas.net/blog/race/herodotus-embeddings/ I have a fastText model trained on Herodotus (using CADE, a diachronic embedding framework) and wanted to see whether it captures anything meaningful about how group difference works in the text — and whether it could be useful for a broader project on racializing discourse in ancient Greek sources. The first thing the model shows is where βάρβαρος actually lives in Herodotean discourse. Its nearest neighbors are Σαλαμίς, στρατόπεδον, διώκω, ναῦς, ναυμαχία, φυγή, πολέμιος, Ἀρτεμίσιον.