Life & fun · September 12, 2024
Epitomē – A semantic search engine for ancient text
Epitomē – A semantic search engine for ancient text launched on September 12, 2024 with 31 votes, #674 of 5,281 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
In plain words
Epitomē is a semantic search engine designed for ancient texts. It allows users to search through classical and historical documents using meaning-based queries rather than exact keyword matches. The tool is built for scholars, students, and history enthusiasts who need to find relevant passages and concepts across ancient literature. Its semantic approach helps users discover connections and related ideas within ancient sources that traditional search methods might miss.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
From the sources
🎉 Added 4,000 Sicilian epitaphs (7th c. BCE - 7th c. CE) 🎉 epitomē is a semantic search engine for ancient text. This means you can search for themes and concepts across multiple languages. If a text is missing a translation we use the Claude 3.5 Sonnet model to translate - note this should not be relied upon in anyway and serves only as a starting point for further research! For text embedding we use OpenAI's text-embedding-3-large model. We're looking to add more ancient text corpora. If you have any suggestions or find any bugs, please contact me at [email protected]from barneyhill.com
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