Tiripode

An online parser and grammar tool for Mycenaean Greek / Linear B

Running at: https://tech189.dev/tiripode

Features

Parse

• Works with 70% of 1st & 2nd declension nouns and adjectives
• Can enter in either Linear B syllabograms or transliterated (e.g. wo-ko)
• Gives root word, stem, part of speech, definition, possible forms
• Possible forms include declension, case, gender, number, ending pronunciation

Dictionary

• Can look up any headword in the lexicon
• Can enter in either Linear B syllabograms or transliterated (e.g. wo-ko)

Tables & Gloss

• To be built...
• (Tables work via CLI in test.py)

Set up

Runs on a Raspberry Pi 3 with an NGINX webserver and PHP 7.4 already set up.

Download source and prerequisites

Open a terminal window in your webserver home directory, then clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/tech189/tiripode.git

Change directory:

cd tiripode

Install pyenv if you don't already have it, then set up Python:

pyenv install 3.11.4
pyenv local 3.11.4

Create a virtual environment for Python and install the required modules:

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Install PostgreSQL for the database and libpq5 for psycopg to connect to it:

sudo apt install postgresql libpq5 -y

Set up a user for the database so you can connect as pi:

sudo su postgres
createuser pi -P --interactive

At the interactive prompt, choose

• no to "Shall the new role be a superuser?"
• yes to "Shall the new role be allowed to create databases?
• yes to "Shall the new role be allowed to create more new roles?"

Then type exit to leave PostgreSQL.

Create a secret.py file with your password from the previous step, for example:

DB_URI = "postgres://pi:password@localhost/tiripode"

This will be used to connect to the database from Python.

Set up the database and create the tables:

psql postgres < setup_database.sql

Finally, generate the inflections and fill the database with them:

python3 prepare_data.py
python3 fill_database.py

Open the browser to <your domain>/tiripode to check it's all working!