Program

Public Programs: Younger Scholars, 2/76 - 2/85

Period of Performance

5/1/1978 - 8/31/1978

Funding Totals

$3,065.00 (approved)
$3,065.00 (awarded)


A Determination of Authorship in Greek Prose by Computer Analysis

FAIN: GY-10629-78

Paul Flesher
University of Wyoming (Laramie, WY 82071-2000)

To determine authorship of ancient Greek texts using computer techniques to reveal syntactical similarities. This new approach to the problem of authorship supposes that the linguistic peculiarities of an author are revealed in the syntactical structures he employs.