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This paper presents a \u201cdistant reading\u201d analysis of approximately 11,000 Greek dedicatory inscriptions (sixth century BCE \u2013 seventh century CE) drawn primarily from the GIST\/I.PHI digital corpus. By tagging inscriptions for key features (votive\/dedicatory terminology, deities, motives, gender) and analyzing their distribution chronologically and geographically while controlling for the \u201cepigraphic habit,\u201d this study identifies large-scale trends. The results reveal a significant relative increase in the use of explicit votive terminology (forms of\n                    <jats:italic>euche<\/jats:italic>\n                    \/\n                    <jats:italic>euchomai<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) over time, particularly during the Roman Imperial period and Late Antiquity. This practice exhibits strong regional variation, being markedly more prevalent in Asia Minor and the East than in mainland Greece before the fourth century CE. Furthermore, the use of votive formulae correlates strongly with specific deities (e.g., Men, Meter, Hypsistos, Hosios kai Dikaios) and negatively with others (e.g., emperors, Athena). Votive terminology also appears negatively correlated with the explicit mention of other motives (like dreams or commands) and with the use of standard consecration terms. While demonstrating the potential of computational methods for identifying broad patterns of continuity and change in religious expression, the study also highlights methodological challenges (dating uncertainty, data tagging) and underscores the persistent difficulty in definitively separating shifts in epigraphic conventions from changes in underlying religious mentalities.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0361143","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,15]],"date-time":"2026-10-15T17:44:09Z","timestamp":1792086249000},"page":"e0361143","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.corrections_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Ancient Greek votive epigraphy: Ancient religion between individual choice and cultural trends"],"prefix":"10.1371","volume":"21","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7488-6324","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Moshe","family":"Blidstein","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Haifa","place":["Haifa, Israel"],"department":["Department of General History"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"340","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"pone.0361143.ref001","first-page":"247","article-title":"Votives and votaries in Greek sanctuaries.","volume-title":"Le Sanctuaire Grec","author":"FT. 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