Get a primary text by URN.
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")
#> # A tibble: 18 × 7
#> text urn group_name label description language section
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <int>
#> 1 Παλλάδ’ Ἀθηναίην, κυδρὴν… urn:… Homeric H… Hymn… Hymni Home… grc 1
#> 2 γλαυκῶπιν, πολύμητιν, ἀμ… urn:… Homeric H… Hymn… Hymni Home… grc 2
#> 3 παρθένον αἰδοίην, ἐρυσίπ… urn:… Homeric H… Hymn… Hymni Home… grc 3
#> 4 Τριτογενῆ, τὴν αὐτὸς ἐγε… urn:… Homeric H… Hymn… Hymni Home… grc 4
#> 5 σεμνῆς ἐκ κεφαλῆς, πολεμ… urn:… Homeric H… Hymn… Hymni Home… grc 5
#> 6 χρύσεα, παμφανόωντα· σέβ… urn:… Homeric H… Hymn… Hymni Home… grc 6
#> 7 ἀθανάτους· ἣ δὲ πρόσθεν … urn:… Homeric H… Hymn… Hymni Home… grc 7
#> 8 ἐσσυμένως ὤρουσεν ἀπ’ ἀθ… urn:… Homeric H… Hymn… Hymni Home… grc 8
#> 9 σείσασ’ ὀξὺν ἄκοντα· μέγ… urn:… Homeric H… Hymn… Hymni Home… grc 9
#> 10 δεινὸν ὑπὸ βρίμης γλαυκώ… urn:… Homeric H… Hymn… Hymni Home… grc 10
#> 11 σμερδαλέον ἰάχησεν· ἐκιν… urn:… Homeric H… Hymn… Hymni Home… grc 11
#> 12 κύμασι πορφυρέοισι κυκώμ… urn:… Homeric H… Hymn… Hymni Home… grc 12
#> 13 ἐξαπίνης· στῆσεν δ’ Ὑπερ… urn:… Homeric H… Hymn… Hymni Home… grc 13
#> 14 ἵππους ὠκύποδας δηρὸν χρ… urn:… Homeric H… Hymn… Hymni Home… grc 14
#> 15 εἵλετ’ ἀπ’ ἀθανάτων ὤμων… urn:… Homeric H… Hymn… Hymni Home… grc 15
#> 16 Παλλὰς Ἀθηναίη· γήθησε δ… urn:… Homeric H… Hymn… Hymni Home… grc 16
#> 17 καὶ σὺ μὲν οὕτω χαῖρε, Δ… urn:… Homeric H… Hymn… Hymni Home… grc 17
#> 18 αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ καὶ σεῖο καὶ ἄ… urn:… Homeric H… Hymn… Hymni Home… grc 18
get_perseus_text("urn:cts:latinLit:stoa0215b.stoa003.opp-lat1")
#> # A tibble: 69 × 7
#> text urn group_name label description language section
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <int>
#> 1 f Tibique, Domine, celsu… urn:… Orientius… Orat… Orientius … lat 1
#> 2 et illa moles quadriform… urn:… Orientius… Orat… Orientius … lat 2
#> 3 te sempiterno confitentu… urn:… Orientius… Orat… Orientius … lat 3
#> 4 et nos imago consonantis… urn:… Orientius… Orat… Orientius … lat 4
#> 5 amen sonamus, alleluia d… urn:… Orientius… Orat… Orientius … lat 5
#> 6 Te septem primi deprecan… urn:… Orientius… Orat… Orientius … lat 6
#> 7 ceu ciuitatis septem pri… urn:… Orientius… Orat… Orientius … lat 7
#> 8 solio propinqui, ianitor… urn:… Orientius… Orat… Orientius … lat 8
#> 9 et nos imago consonantis… urn:… Orientius… Orat… Orientius … lat 9
#> 10 amen sonamus, alleluia d… urn:… Orientius… Orat… Orientius … lat 10
#> # ℹ 59 more rows
get_perseus_text(urn = "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg009.perseus-grc2", excerpt = "5.1-5.5")
#> # A tibble: 1 × 7
#> text urn group_name label description language section
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 Τῇ ἐλευθερίᾳ ἡμᾶς Χριστὸς… urn:… New Testa… Gala… The New Te… grc 5.1-5.5