MANTO: A Born-Digital LOD Resource for Greek Myth

Abstract

MANTO is a LOD resource that models both the interactions of people, places and objects within the Greek mythic storyworld and the impacts of those mythic entities on the historical landscape of the Mediterranean. Its data is entirely built up through assertions in ancient sources. In this article we introduce the aims and achievements of this project. We describe its basic ontology and methods of data collection, some ways in which the resulting data can be queried and visualised, and its relationships to other digital projects in ancient world studies. We provide also a case-study of the use of its data in visualising the location and movement of mythic relics described by Pausanias.