Sentence-level words and phrases that predict mythic vs. historical content
The following metrics are from the logistic regression classifier's performance on the test set:
| Class | Precision | Recall | F1-Score | Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Historical | 0.802 | 0.709 | 0.753 | 371 |
| Mythic | 0.561 | 0.680 | 0.615 | 203 |
| Overall Accuracy | 0.699 | 574 | ||
| Word/Phrase | English | Coefficient | Mythic Count | Non-mythic Count | p-value | q-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| φασιν | they say | 2.4534 | 45 | 8 | 3.21e-13 | 1.52e-10 |
| λέγουσιν | they say | 2.3240 | 73 | 29 | 4.55e-13 | 1.52e-10 |
| λέγουσι | they say | 2.1995 | 42 | 16 | 2.89e-08 | 3.21e-06 |
| αὐτὸν | him | 2.0107 | 60 | 28 | 1.54e-09 | 3.73e-07 |
| ὑπὸ | under; beneath; by (of agent) | 1.8136 | 130 | 111 | 1.93e-08 | 2.42e-06 |
| γενέσθαι | to become | 1.7629 | 64 | 32 | 1.87e-09 | 3.73e-07 |
| ὄνομα | name | 1.7578 | 57 | 27 | 5.39e-09 | 8.99e-07 |
| εἶναι | to be | 1.7263 | 130 | 73 | 4.27e-16 | 4.27e-13 |
| λέγεται | it is said | 1.6713 | 40 | 19 | 1.19e-06 | 9.92e-05 |
| αὐτὴν | her | 1.5845 | 36 | 21 | 5.07e-05 | 0.00282 |
| μνῆμα | memorial, monument (especially a tomb) | 1.5574 | 23 | 13 | 0.000976 | 0.0238 |
| πρῶτον | first; first of all | 1.5280 | 32 | 11 | 4.63e-07 | 4.21e-05 |
| ὄντα | being; things that are (beings) | 1.4558 | 12 | 4 | 0.00278 | 0.0448 |
| φασι | they say | 1.4437 | 14 | 2 | 4.3e-05 | 0.00253 |
| λόγον | word | 1.3712 | 17 | 5 | 0.000106 | 0.00499 |
| ἀποθανεῖν | to die | 1.3173 | 25 | 3 | 1.14e-08 | 1.62e-06 |
| φασὶν | they say | 1.3091 | 22 | 9 | 0.00011 | 0.00499 |
| παῖδασ | children | 1.3030 | 18 | 8 | 0.000792 | 0.0225 |
| παῖδεσ | children | 1.2917 | 16 | 9 | 0.00589 | 0.0776 |
| ἡρῶιον | a hero’s shrine | 1.2797 | 10 | 1 | 0.000335 | 0.0103 |
| θάψαι | to bury | 1.2761 | 6 | 1 | 0.012 | 0.118 |
| πατρὸσ | of the father; father’s | 1.2053 | 10 | 2 | 0.00134 | 0.0305 |
| θυγάτηρ | daughter | 1.1716 | 9 | 0 | 0.000124 | 0.00529 |
| μνῆμά | memorial, monument, tomb | 1.1715 | 12 | 3 | 0.000814 | 0.0225 |
| θυγατρὶ | to/for the daughter | 1.1657 | 6 | 0 | 0.00251 | 0.0432 |
| ὅτι | that; because | 1.1603 | 34 | 33 | 0.0197 | 0.164 |
| ἐποίησεν | he made | 1.1565 | 21 | 14 | 0.00539 | 0.0739 |
| λέσχεωσ | of the lounge | 1.1520 | 11 | 0 | 1.68e-05 | 0.0011 |
| ἀφίκετο | he arrived | 1.1450 | 10 | 5 | 0.0193 | 0.163 |
| πεποίηκεν | he/she/it has made; has done | 1.1408 | 8 | 0 | 0.000339 | 0.0103 |
| Word/Phrase | English | Coefficient | Mythic Count | Non-mythic Count | p-value | q-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| σφισιν | to them | -1.7123 | 20 | 68 | 0.0037 | 0.0561 |
| μὴ | not | -1.4806 | 8 | 31 | 0.0255 | 0.195 |
| ἦσαν | they were | -1.4755 | 6 | 34 | 0.00196 | 0.0395 |
| χαλκοῦν | of bronze; brazen | -1.3720 | 2 | 30 | 0.000127 | 0.00529 |
| μάλιστα | especially; very much; certainly | -1.3267 | 21 | 82 | 0.000218 | 0.00778 |
| τὰ | the | -1.3151 | 124 | 303 | 0.000209 | 0.00774 |
| ἔργον | work; deed | -1.2692 | 8 | 38 | 0.00342 | 0.0534 |
| δὲ | but | -1.1457 | 715 | 1278 | 0.0835 | 0.366 |
| μέγα | great; large; greatly | -1.0287 | 1 | 16 | 0.00916 | 0.108 |
| ἀγάλματα | statues | -1.0181 | 7 | 32 | 0.00907 | 0.108 |
| ὧι | to whom | -1.0112 | 3 | 16 | 0.0592 | 0.318 |
| δέ ἐστιν | but it is | -0.9991 | 2 | 18 | 0.0102 | 0.116 |
| ναυσὶν | to the ships | -0.9943 | 5 | 25 | 0.0141 | 0.133 |
| πρὶν | before | -0.9795 | 11 | 25 | 0.42 | 0.745 |
| αὖθισ | again | -0.9722 | 9 | 34 | 0.0224 | 0.181 |
| ἀνάθημα | votive offering | -0.9548 | 2 | 17 | 0.0161 | 0.143 |
| καὶ τότε | and then | -0.9512 | 1 | 12 | 0.0395 | 0.242 |
| χαλκοῦσ | of bronze | -0.9330 | 2 | 15 | 0.0408 | 0.247 |
| ἄνδρασ | men | -0.9075 | 4 | 13 | 0.319 | 0.681 |
| πυθιάδι | in the Pythiad | -0.9050 | 0 | 6 | 0.0912 | 0.366 |
| οὗτοι | these | -0.9014 | 12 | 44 | 0.0116 | 0.118 |
| ὅσα | all the things that | -0.9003 | 6 | 19 | 0.165 | 0.5 |
| κεῖται | lies; is situated | -0.8985 | 5 | 29 | 0.00381 | 0.0568 |
| πολὺ | much; very; by far | -0.8759 | 7 | 22 | 0.139 | 0.467 |
| ἐπίνειον | port (the harbor of a city) | -0.8750 | 0 | 11 | 0.00931 | 0.108 |
| ἦν | was | -0.8728 | 33 | 92 | 0.0108 | 0.118 |
| δὲ ἀπὸ | and from | -0.8648 | 5 | 16 | 0.197 | 0.547 |
| ἰδεῖν | to see | -0.8621 | 0 | 7 | 0.0516 | 0.293 |
| πολιορκίαι | sieges | -0.8620 | 0 | 6 | 0.0912 | 0.366 |
| καλουμένησ | of the one called (feminine) | -0.8515 | 0 | 8 | 0.03 | 0.204 |