Deed — 2 authors face each other below

taking of Sardis

kind: taking · 546 BCE — the editor’s frame · 86 mentions across 64 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 fall of Sardis to Cyrus, ending Croesus' kingdom (FH II p.82: 'Sardis taken by Cyrus: Solin. I. 112'). The spine's 499 block records Sardis BURNT by the Ionians — the Ionian-revolt raid, a different event; its 481 block is Xerxes' arrival. This address carries the corpus's Hdt 1.91 attestations (the Croesus story).

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

Herodotus has the pyre quenched by a sudden rain after Croesus calls on Solon's name; Plutarch retells the pyre scene through Solon's biography and keeps Croesus alive by Apollo's grace. Cyrus' motive is already multiple inside Herodotus itself: sacrifice, vow, or curiosity.

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

Anchored at 546 BCE on the editor’s table of years — within Olympiad 58 .

· 546 BCE — date conventional ·

W2 anchored 546 BCE from Clinton's spine; the served narrative is Herodotus' Croesus logos (Hdt. 1.84-92).

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

1.84–1.92 the principal narrative The house's only full narrative: the siege, the pyre, and the wisdom-tale frame.

Cyrus may have intended to sacrifice him as a victory-offering to some god, or he may have wished to Hdt. 1.86

it rained violently, extinguishing the pyre. Thus Cyrus perceived that Croesus was dear to god and a good man. Hdt. 1.87

Herodotus himself offers three motives for Cyrus' pyre and lets the rescue hang between god and rain. The Histories · A. D. Godley, 1920–25

Plutarch · one account

27–28 looking back The pyre scene retold as the vindication of Solon's warning.

as he lay bound upon the pyre in the sight of all the Persians and of Cyrus himself Plut. Solon 28

Solon · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

…and the house’s first pass counts 61 more episodes beyond these anchors.

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

Croesus — 15 episodes shared Cyrus — a candidate entry Darius — 13 episodes shared Cyrus the Great — 12 episodes shared Xerxes — 8 episodes shared Artaphrenes — a candidate entry Aristagoras — 4 episodes shared Cambyses — 3 episodes shared Cyrus the Younger — 3 episodes shared Histiaeus — 3 episodes shared

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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