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Digital LIMC – A Knowledge Graph for Classical Mythology

By: Rita Gautschy  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

Abstract

Digital Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (Digital LIMC) is a digital platform and knowledge graph for Classical Mythology. It is based on the work of international scholars from almost 40 countries over more than 40 years for the printed edition of LIMC. Digital LIMC makes accessible what we know about the iconography of Greek, Etruscan and Roman mythology. It serves as a standard concerning mythological figures and as a hub for other archaeological and philological projects for disambiguation. It recently received its own Wikidata property– Digital LIMC ID P13094 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13094) – and up to now more than 1,650 mythological figures, archaeological sites, modern places, and cultural institutions have been interlinked.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/johd.403 | Journal eISSN: 2059-481X
Language: English
Submitted on: Oct 7, 2025
Accepted on: Nov 6, 2025
Published on: Dec 9, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2025 Rita Gautschy, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.