Project aim
Metaphors of cognition
We trace how Plutarch describes thinking, affect, and moral reasoning across his works to map recurring conceptual frames for cognition.
Methodology
Hybrid philology + data
Critical editions feed a structured annotation pipeline: source prep, metaphor tagging, coder paraphrases, and synthesis with statistical modeling plus interactive Shiny explorers.
Funding & team
NCN SONATA BIS 2021/42/E/HS3/00259
Based at the Faculty of History, University of Warsaw (PI: dr Julia Doroszewska). The project runs 2022-2027 with an international team of philologists and data scientists.
Milestones
Corpus assembly
Established the Plutarch corpus, normalized IDs, and prepared diplomatic texts for ingest.
Annotation protocol
Developed the metaphor schema, coder handbook, and paraphrase capture workflow.
Explorer & Works apps
Shipped internal dashboards for the Metaphor Explorer and Works catalogue, plus the first reproducible data package.
Public beta & outreach
Polishing the Plutarch Metaphor Observatory UI, convening workshops, and releasing citation-ready datasets.