Deed — 3 authors face each other below

battle of Thermopylae

kind: battle · 480 BCE — the editor’s frame · 66 mentions across 52 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 480 BCE stand. FH II p.108 pairs Thermopylae with Artemisium. The spine's 352 block records Philip's attempt to PASS Thermopylae (prevented by the Athenians) — a different event at the same gates.

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

Herodotus is the only narrative; Thucydides reaches for it as the measure of Sphacteria, and Plutarch's Themistocles receives it as news. The Theban surrender plea (Hdt. 7.233) is the seed of the quarrel Plutarch would later prosecute against Herodotus' malice.

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

Anchored at 480 BCE on the editor’s table of years — within Olympiad 75 — and the year itself has a room at the chronology desk, 480 BCE.

· 480 BCE — date secure ·

W2 anchored 480 BCE; Herodotus ties the land fight to the same days as the sea fights at Artemisium (Hdt. 8.15).

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

7.201–7.233 the principal narrative The pass, the betrayal by the path, the last stand of the three hundred.

He now came to Thermopylae with the appointed three hundred he had selected, all of whom had sons. Hdt. 7.205

first told the Hellenes at Thermopylae that death was coming to them with the dawn. Hdt. 7.219

Xerxes made libations at sunrise and waiting till about mid-morning, made his assault. Hdt. 7.223

The Histories · A. D. Godley, 1920–25

Plutarch · one account

9 in passing The fall of the pass as the fleet's cue to withdraw.

that Leonidas was slain and that Xerxes was master of the pass Plut. Themistocles 9

Themistocles · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Thucydides · one account

4.36 in passing Sphacteria measured against Thermopylae — the event already a unit of comparison.

as at Thermopylae, where the defenders were cut off through the Persians getting round by the path Thuc. 4.36

History of the Peloponnesian War · Richard Crawley, 1874

…and the house’s first pass counts 47 more episodes beyond these anchors.

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

Philip — a candidate entry Leonidas — a candidate entry Leonidas I — 11 episodes shared Xerxes — 9 episodes shared Antiochus — a candidate entry Titus — 4 episodes shared Amynander — a candidate entry Cato — a candidate entry Cleombrotus — a candidate entry Perseus — a candidate entry

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

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logoi — the words

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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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