The TALOS Lab announces an invited hybrid lecture by Dr. Elena Martín González (Assistant Professor, Department of Classical Philology, University of Valladolid, Spain), to be held on Thursday, 19 March 2026, at 15:00 (Greek time), onsite at TALOS Conference Room and online via Zoom.

Event details

Lecture title: Dodona Travels to Ithaca and Back: Lessons from Testing AI in Greek Epigraphy
Date: Thursday, 19 March 2026
Time: 15:00 (Greek time)
Venue: TALOS Conference Room, Building Γ, KEME/UCRC (Rethymno) & online
Zoom link: https://uoc-gr.zoom.us/j/88449437522?pwd=UaUdeYkMcbqnOKriToB2hoSEZQIJU2.1
Meeting ID: 884 4943 7522
Passcode: 300691

Lecture overview

This talk presents the results of the research project “Dodona Travels to Ithaca”, currently being carried out at the University of Valladolid with NextGenerationEU funding. The project explores the application of the AI model Ithaca to the revised edition of the oracular tablets from the sanctuary of Dodona.
The presentation addresses the methodological challenges involved in applying AI tools to the study of Greek epigraphy, discussing both the possibilities and the limitations that emerge from testing Ithaca on this corpus.

Speaker

Elena Martín González is Assistant Professor in the Department of Classical Philology at the University of Valladolid (Spain). Her research focuses on Greek epigraphy, especially the edition, interpretation, and commentary of Greek inscriptions. Her current work centres on the corpus of oracular tablets from the sanctuary of Dodona.