get_perseus_text: Get a primary text by URN.
In ropensci/rperseus: Get Texts from the Perseus Digital Library

View source: R/get_perseus_text.R

get_perseus_text

R Documentation

Get a primary text by URN.

Description

Get a primary text by URN.

Usage

get_perseus_text(urn, excerpt = NULL)

Arguments

`urn`	Valid uniform resource number (URN) obtained from `perseus_catalog`.
`excerpt`	An index to excerpt the text. For example, the first four "verses" of a text might be 1.1-1.4. If NULL, the entire work is returned.

Value

A seven column tbl_df with one row for each "section" (splits vary from text–could be line, chapter, etc.). Columns:

text: character vector of text
urn: Uniform Resource Number
group_name: Could refer to author (e.g. "Aristotle") or corpus (e.g. "New Testament")
label: Text label, e.g. "Phaedrus"
description: Text description
language: Text language, e.g. "grc" = Greek, "lat" = Latin, "eng" = English
section: Text section or excerpt if specified

Examples

get_perseus_text("urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg028.perseus-grc2")
get_perseus_text("urn:cts:latinLit:stoa0215b.stoa003.opp-lat1")
get_perseus_text(urn = "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg009.perseus-grc2", excerpt = "5.1-5.5")

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