Deed — 2 authors face each other below

battle of Marathon

kind: battle · 490 BCE — the editor’s frame · 65 mentions across 45 episodes of the record — counted by the house’s first pass receipt — the deed shelf, first pass receipt — the year anchors receipt — the witness index

The 490 BCE battle. FH II p.104: 'Battle of Marathon: ten years before the expedition [of Xerxes]', with the spine's own back-references at 487/486/485 counting years 'after the battle of Marathon'.

Where the accounts part — the record’s own argument; the witnesses below carry the receipts

Herodotus gives the ten generals and the charge at a run; Plutarch's Aristides makes Miltiades' colleagues resign their days of command, and his Theseus has the hero's ghost charging with the Athenians — the legend already growing on the record.

The regnal line — the editor’s table of years, never the record’s voice

Anchored at 490 BCE on the editor’s table of years — within Olympiad 72 — and the year itself has a room at the chronology desk, 490 BCE.

· 490 BCE — date secure ·

W2 anchored 490 BCE from Clinton's spine; Herodotus' narrative is the primary account and Plutarch's day-count digression (Camillus 19) shows the later calendar apparatus at work.

The accounts, side by side — each witness in its own words; every quote is the served record’s, linked to its episode

Herodotus · one account

6.102–6.117 the principal narrative The founding account: Hippias' guidance, the thin centre, the wings closing.

Marathon was the place in Attica most suitable for riding horses and closest to Eretria Hdt. 6.102

The center, where the line was weakest, was only a few ranks deep, but each wing was strong in numbers. Hdt. 6.111

They fought a long time at Marathon. Hdt. 6.113

The Histories · A. D. Godley, 1920–25

Plutarch · 4 accounts

5 the principal narrative The battle through Aristides' generalship: command yielded to Miltiades.

of the ten generals appointed by the Athenians for the conduct of the war, it was Miltiades who enjoyed the greatest consideratio Plut. Aristides 5

Aristides · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

19 a digression — told out of its place Marathon in Plutarch's day-of-the-month digression on famous victories.

the Greeks defeated the Persians at Marathon, on the third day at Plataea and Mycale together Plut. Camillus 19

Camillus · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

35 looking back The apparition of Theseus in arms — the battle passing into cult.

many of those who fought at Marathon against the Medes thought they saw an apparition of Theseus in arms rushing on in front of them Plut. Theseus 35

Theseus · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

3 in passing The trophy of Miltiades as the goad of the next war's victor.

when the battle with the Barbarians at Marathon was fought and the generalship of Miltiades was in everybody’s mouth Plut. Themistocles 3

Themistocles · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

…and the house’s first pass counts 38 more episodes beyond these anchors.

Who stands in this deed — standing in the same episodes; counted by the house’s first pass

Miltiades — 15 episodes shared Themistocles — 10 episodes shared Aristides — 9 episodes shared Cimon — 6 episodes shared Pisistratus — 5 episodes shared Demosthenes — 4 episodes shared Heracles — 4 episodes shared Herodotus — 4 episodes shared Pausanias — a candidate entry Alexander — a candidate entry

How this story has been fought over — the reception record; the house quotes the fighters and picks no side

Plutarch against Herodotus — the attack

Doors to the sister houses

logoi — the words

No door is cut to the word-house from this room yet. logoi.health keeps the words meanwhile.

mythoi — the stories

No door is cut to the story-house from this room yet. mythoi.health keeps the stories meanwhile.

The record here: The Histories, Herodotus — Godley, 1920–25 · Parallel Lives, Plutarch — Perrin, 1914–26 · 166 works · 12,119 episodes served

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