Figure

Agamemnon

kind: legendary
kept on the legendary shelf; the biographer himself shelved him beside the kings
70 mentions across 55 episodes of the record — counted by the house’s first pass receipt — the figure shelf, first pass receipt — the curator’s pass

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

The editor’s table of years hangs in this house, but this life is not yet pinned to it. Until it is, the when is a label, not a shelf.

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The witnesses — who says so

Plutarch · the biographer's shelf

Plut. Mor., How to Hear Poems 10 named 4 times in this episode — as “Agamemnon” How a Young Man Ought to Hear Poems · Simon Ford (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., How to Hear Poems 12 named 3 times in this episode — as “Agamemnon” How a Young Man Ought to Hear Poems · Simon Ford (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., Tranquillity of Mind 4 named 2 times in this episode — as “Agamemnon” Of the Tranquillity of the Mind · Matthew Morgan (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Agesilaus 6 named 2 times in this episode — as “Agamemnon” Agesilaus · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Mor., Fortune of Alexander 2.12 named 2 times in this episode — as “Agamemnon” Concerning the fortune or virtue of Alexander the Great · John Phillips (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., Apophthegms of Kings 29 named 2 times in this episode — as “Agamemnon” The Apopthegms or Remarkable Sayings of Kings and Great Commanders · Edward Hinton (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., Concerning Music 40 named 2 times in this episode — as “Agamemnon” Concerning Music · John Philips (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., Symposiacs 4.4.2 named 2 times in this episode — as “Agamemnon’s” Symposiacs · Thomas Creech (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., Symposiacs 9.13.3 named 2 times in this episode — as “Agamemnon’s” Symposiacs · Thomas Creech (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Sertorius 1 named once in this episode — as “Agamemnon” Sertorius · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Thucydides · the shelf

Thuc. 1.9 named 3 times in this episode — as “Agamemnon” History of the Peloponnesian War · Richard Crawley, 1874

Herodotus · the inquirer's shelf

Hdt. 1.67 named 2 times in this episode — as “Agamemnon” The Histories · A. D. Godley, 1920–25

…and 43 more episodes attest — counted by the house’s first pass.

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

siege of Troy — a candidate entry taking of Troy — a candidate entry fall of Troy — a candidate entry battle of Leuctra — 2 episodes attest sea-fight at Salamis — 2 episodes attest battle of Delphi — a candidate entry battle of Lacedaemon — a candidate entry battle of Mantinea — a candidate entry

Doors to the sister houses

logoi — the words

No door is cut to the word-house from this room yet. Doors are cut from the record itself, never guessed; 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

lives · deeds · times · the shelf