Latin Classical Intertextuality Queries for Hieronymus and Lactantius

A collection of query texts from the full works of Hieronymus (Jerome) and Lactantius, used for finding intertextual relationships with classical Latin literature. The dataset is part of a larger collection focused on detecting intertextual connections between late-antique citing authors and classical Latin literature. It was created by julian-schelb and was last updated on 2026-05-16.

Use Cases

• Detect literary allusions based on query texts from Hieronymus and Lactantius.
• Train models for identifying intertextual relationships in classical Latin corpora.
• Analyze the reception and influence of classical authors on late-antique Christian writers.
• Build search tools for finding textual parallels between specific late-antique and classical works.

Strengths

• Contains the full works of two significant late-antique authors, Hieronymus and Lactantius.
• Specifically designed for intertextuality research within a defined classical Latin corpus.
• Part of a larger, focused collection for detecting intertextual relationships.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is 2026-05-16.

Provenance

Source

huggingface

Collection Method

Likely compiled from digital editions of the works of Hieronymus and Lactantius for use as queries.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-16 16:56:39