Pausanias Analysis

Connectedness feature reference

Mythic Figure Count

The number of distinct MANTO person entities associated with the focal place.

Stored model field: mythic_figure_count

+0.059standardized coefficient
Survivescurrent direction
255observations summarized
Figures and their reachfeature group

How It Is Calculated

Collect person entities from eligible place-to-person or person-to-place relationships and count each distinct person once.

What a higher value means

More distinct mythic figures are attached to the place.

Important qualification. This measures distinct linked figures, not their story frequency or importance.

Current Model Cohort

These descriptive statistics use the current labelled cohort after aliases have been collapsed to one row per MANTO place.

GroupN MinimumQ1 MedianMean Q3Maximum
All labelled places25500042191
Survives2040003298
Does not survive5100052191

Examples from the Current Data

Examples are descriptive checks on the calculated feature. Their outcome labels report what Pausanias says; they do not establish that the feature caused survival or abandonment.

Examples with high recorded values

PlaceMANTO ID ValuePausanias reports
🌍 Thebes (Boiotia)8253960191Does not survive
🌍 Thessaly905562798Survives
🌍 Olympia (Elis)960546339Survives
🌍 Argos (city)822885335Survives
🌍 Aigina (city)1019198728Survives
🌍 Rome (Italy)1026695626Survives

Examples with low recorded values

PlaceMANTO ID ValuePausanias reports
🌍 Abai (Phocis)102746870Survives
🌍 Abia (Messenia)101135050Survives
🌍 Acacesion (Arcadia)101261850Survives
🌍 Ace (Arcadia)102145170Survives
🌍 Acharnai (Attica)101530560Survives
🌍 Aegina (Epidauria)113081850Survives

Interpretation in the Predictive Model

Its current standardized coefficient is +0.059, pointing toward survives. This means that a one-standard-deviation increase changes the fitted log odds in that direction while the other included features are held fixed.

Because the connectedness features are correlated and the model's out-of-fold performance is weak, this is a conditional associationβ€”not a standalone ranking, causal effect, or historical explanation.

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