Deed — 2 authors face each other below

battle of Plataea

kind: battle · 479 BCE — the editor’s frame · 85 mentions across 63 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 479 BCE land battle. FH II p.108: 'Xerxes in the preceding year. Herodot. IX. 3. — Plataea, Mycale'. The spine's 431 block records the Theban ATTEMPT on Plataea (Thucyd. II) — the opening of the Peloponnesian war, a different event.

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

Herodotus crowns Pausanias with 'the most glorious of victories of all which we know'; Plutarch's Aristides redistributes the credit to the Athenians and spends a chapter on the disputed date and the disputed prize of valor.

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

Anchored at 479 BCE on the editor’s table of years — within Olympiad 75 — and the year itself has a room at the chronology desk, 479 BCE.

· 479 BCE — date secure ·

W2 anchored 479 BCE; Plutarch (Aristides 19) himself discusses the calendar discrepancy in dating the victory — the record arguing about its own date.

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

9.25–9.85 the principal narrative The maneuvers, the death of Mardonius, the Spartan vengeance for Leonidas.

the most glorious of victories of all which we know was won by Pausanias Hdt. 9.64

The Histories · A. D. Godley, 1920–25

Plutarch · 2 accounts

11–21 the principal narrative The Athenian contingent's battle, the near-mutiny, the prize-of-valor quarrel and the Eleutheria.

he came to Plataea at the head of eight thousand Athenian hoplites Plut. Aristides 11

We must not wonder at the apparent discrepancy between these dates Plut. Aristides 19

delegates from all Hellas convene at Plataea every year Plut. Aristides 21

Aristides 19 flags the date discrepancy openly; 20 records the contested aristeia. Aristides · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

19 a digression — told out of its place Plataea in the day-of-month digression.

on the third day at Plataea and Mycale together Plut. Camillus 19

Camillus · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

…and the house’s first pass counts 58 more episodes beyond these anchors.

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

Pausanias — a candidate entry Mardonius — 13 episodes shared Aristides — 11 episodes shared Pausanias the regent — 11 episodes shared Xerxes — 8 episodes shared Herodotus — 7 episodes shared Cleombrotus — a candidate entry Leonidas — a candidate entry Themistocles — 5 episodes shared Cimon — 4 episodes shared

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

How & Wells refereeing Herodotus — the audit 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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