Deed — a candidate entry; the curator has not yet passed

taking of Babylon

kind: taking · 40 mentions across 27 episodes of the record — counted by the house’s first pass receipt — the deed shelf, first pass

extract-v1 candidate: slug carries no year anchor. The label may cover more than one engagement (homonym risk — e.g. three different wars answer to "Salamis"). Year disambiguation and homonym splitting are W2 curation against the era spine.

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

This deed is not yet anchored to the editor’s table of years — the curator has not yet passed. Until then, the when is the record’s telling, not a year.

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

Cyrus — a candidate entry Cyrus the Great — 8 episodes shared Darius — 7 episodes shared Zopyrus — a candidate entry Alexander — a candidate entry Alexander the Great — 3 episodes shared Caesar — a candidate entry Crassus — 2 episodes shared Cyrus the Younger — 2 episodes shared Julius Caesar — 2 episodes shared

The witnesses — who says so

Plutarch · the biographer's shelf

Plut. Alexander 73 named 4 times in this episode — as “Babylon” Alexander · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Artaxerxes 7 named 2 times in this episode — as “Babylon” Artaxerxes · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Eumenes 3 named once in this episode — as “Babylon” Eumenes · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Comparison of Nicias and Crassus 4 named once in this episode — as “Babylon” Comparison of Nicias and Crassus · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Artaxerxes 8 named once in this episode — as “Babylon” Artaxerxes · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Herodotus · the inquirer's shelf

Hdt. 1.192 named 4 times in this episode — as “Babylon” The Histories · A. D. Godley, 1920–25

Hdt. 1.178 named 3 times in this episode — as “Babylon” The Histories · A. D. Godley, 1920–25

Hdt. 3.159 named 3 times in this episode — as “Babylon” The Histories · A. D. Godley, 1920–25

Hdt. 1.179 named 2 times in this episode — as “Babylon” The Histories · A. D. Godley, 1920–25

Hdt. 1.189 named 2 times in this episode — as “Babylon” The Histories · A. D. Godley, 1920–25

…and 17 more episodes attest — counted by the house’s first pass.

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 · 81 works · 5,142 episodes served

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