Saturday, 6 October 2012

Do the Flaws in the Perseus Word Study Tool Matter?

The Classics students amongst you will be well versed in the ways of Perseus, a website that has often proved invaluable for translation and linguistic information. But the night before a seminar when you have 200 lines of Ovid to prepare, how closely do you look at what Perseus is telling you?
Below is the link to a blog post exploring the accuracy of Perseus sources - but also the wider ramfications of the problems presented.

http://blogs.dickinson.edu/dcc/2012/07/10/more-on-the-perseus-word-study-tool/

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