This project uses Johnston's [Deaths in the Iliad][1] file as the basis for a social network analysis of combat in the *Iliad*. It shows that Hector is high in betweenness centrality but Achilles in alpha centrality. There are two versions of the writeup: - Glory and Gore (gloryandgore.pdf) is a brief write-up in popular style - Spears and Prisms (spearsprisms.pdf) is a longer write-up written in the style of a sociology journal article There are several versions of the data file: - iliad_edges.net treats the network as undirected. Used for betweenness. - iliad_killed_edited.net treats the network as directed from winner to loser and only has names for high degree nodes. Used for visualization. - iliad_killedby.net treats the network as directed from loser to winner. Used for calculating Bonacich and Lloyd's alpha centrality. The R script "iliadstatus.R" uses igraph to create all visualizations and metrics. [1]: http://www.maicar.com/GML/020Contributors/IJDeathsIliad.html