Pausanias Analysis

Sentence-level words and phrases that predict mythic vs. historical content

Model Performance Metrics

The following metrics are from the logistic regression classifier's performance on the test set:

Class Precision Recall F1-Score Support
Historical 0.722 0.710 0.716 462
Mythic 0.612 0.626 0.619 337
Overall Accuracy 0.675 799

Sentence Predictors of Mythic Content

Word/Phrase English Coefficient Mythic Count Non-mythic Count p-value q-value
φασιν they say 2.4268 69 15 3.03e-15 1.01e-12
λέγουσιν they say 2.3286 117 40 1.63e-18 8.13e-16
λέγουσι they say 2.2508 61 18 2.39e-11 4.79e-09
μνῆμα memorial, monument (especially a tomb) 2.0137 39 17 1.04e-05 0.000434
ὄνομα name 2.0023 82 33 1.58e-11 3.94e-09
φασὶν they say 1.9167 38 12 3.23e-07 2.48e-05
εἶναι to be 1.8893 199 89 4.76e-24 4.76e-21
λέγεται it is said 1.8417 49 21 5.73e-07 4.09e-05
ὑπὸ under; beneath; by (of agent) 1.7775 184 134 1.26e-10 2.1e-08
παῖδεσ children 1.7734 27 12 0.000297 0.00669
παῖδασ children 1.7291 31 9 1.86e-06 0.000105
λόγον word 1.6568 22 5 1.27e-05 0.00051
φασι they say 1.6352 24 4 1.52e-06 9.52e-05
πεποίηκεν he/she/it has made; has done 1.6342 10 0 0.000122 0.00305
αὐτὸν him 1.4681 90 46 1.07e-09 1.34e-07
ἱδρύσατο he/she founded 1.4613 8 0 0.000743 0.013
ὅτι that; because 1.4437 51 41 0.00394 0.0451
ἀποθανεῖν to die 1.3843 30 6 1.19e-07 9.91e-06
λόγοσ word; speech; account; reason; argument 1.3765 31 13 5.98e-05 0.00178
πατρὸσ of the father; father’s 1.3737 14 3 0.000678 0.0121
ὄντα being; things that are (beings) 1.3703 25 10 0.000219 0.00535
θυγάτηρ daughter 1.3620 14 1 3.07e-05 0.0011
μνῆμά memorial, monument, tomb 1.3487 17 7 0.00274 0.0334
ἀρχήν at first 1.3464 17 6 0.00119 0.0192
σὺν with 1.3460 40 28 0.00239 0.0299
δὲ εἶναι but to be 1.3459 32 6 2.62e-08 2.62e-06
φασὶ they say 1.3405 19 8 0.00176 0.0253
βωμὸσ altar 1.3055 14 9 0.0507 0.226
γένοσ race; kind 1.2905 13 8 0.0497 0.226
γενέσθαι to become 1.2760 84 38 1.77e-10 2.52e-08

Sentence Predictors of Historical Content

Word/Phrase English Coefficient Mythic Count Non-mythic Count p-value q-value
σφισιν to them -2.0151 26 85 0.000102 0.00269
χαλκοῦν of bronze; brazen -1.9828 2 36 1.05e-06 6.98e-05
αὐτῶν of them; their -1.3680 31 82 0.0029 0.0349
πολὺ much; very; by far -1.3452 10 35 0.00841 0.0715
μάλιστα especially; very much; certainly -1.2894 36 110 3.46e-05 0.00119
θέασ of a view -1.2729 4 39 6.57e-06 0.000329
ναυσὶν to the ships -1.2642 5 28 0.00137 0.0205
λίθου of a stone -1.2465 11 52 6.42e-05 0.00178
ἔργον work; deed -1.2456 12 44 0.00209 0.0278
που somewhere; perhaps; I suppose -1.2341 3 14 0.0802 0.274
τρόπον manner -1.2014 3 17 0.0211 0.129
ἀπέχει it is distant; it is enough -1.1815 3 18 0.0135 0.0954
ἔξω outside -1.1701 1 10 0.0339 0.176
χαλκοῦσ of bronze -1.1378 4 22 0.00833 0.0715
σταδίουσ stades -1.0970 1 17 0.00134 0.0205
στάδια stades -1.0962 0 19 6.19e-05 0.00178
μὴ not -1.0769 16 37 0.111 0.348
κεῖται lies; is situated -1.0756 6 33 0.000569 0.0109
καὶ τότε and then -1.0676 3 14 0.0802 0.274
ἔτει in the year -1.0625 0 12 0.00225 0.0288
αὖθισ again -1.0621 15 40 0.0367 0.178
ἄλλωσ otherwise -1.0569 7 25 0.0236 0.142
ἑορτὴν festival -1.0155 0 11 0.00402 0.0451
ἀγάλματα statues -0.9991 9 52 8.97e-06 0.000401
ἐστιν is -0.9979 126 285 9.22e-06 0.000401
εἰκόνα image -0.9902 3 12 0.12 0.372
οὗτοσ this (man) -0.9803 29 52 0.363 0.639
τέχνη art, craft, skill -0.9647 1 18 0.000797 0.0135
εἷλεν he/she/it took -0.9621 1 7 0.153 0.409
κόσμον world; order; ornament -0.9605 0 7 0.0463 0.217