Figure

Ajax

also answers to Aias — catalog apparatus · kind: legendary
kept on the legendary shelf; the biographer himself shelved him beside the kings
33 mentions across 27 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., Symposiacs 9.5.1 named 4 times in this episode — as “Ajax’s” Symposiacs · Thomas Creech (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., How to Hear Poems 10 named 3 times in this episode — as “Ajax” How a Young Man Ought to Hear Poems · Simon Ford (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Solon 10 named 2 times in this episode — as “Ajax” Solon · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Mor., Virtues of Women 0 named once in this episode — as “Ajax” Concerning the Virtues of Women · Isaac Chauncy (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., Against Colotes 2 named once in this episode — as “Ajax” Against Colotes, the Disciple and Favorite of Epicurus · A. G. (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., Garrulity 4 named once in this episode — as “Ajax” Of Garrulity, or Talkativeness · John Philips (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., How to Hear Poems 6 named once in this episode — as “Ajax” How a Young Man Ought to Hear Poems · Simon Ford (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., Superstition 8 named once in this episode — as “Ajax” Of Superstition, or Indiscreet Devotion · William Baxter (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., Banishment 10 named once in this episode — as “Ajax” Of Banishment, or Flying One's Country · John Patrick (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., Moral Virtue 10 named once in this episode — as “Ajax” Of Moral Virtue · Matthew Morgan (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., Herodotus's Malice 11 named once in this episode — as “Ajax” Of Herodotus’s Malice · A. G. (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., God's Slow Punishment 12 named once in this episode — as “Ajax” Concerning Such Whom God is Slow to Punish · John Philips (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

…and 15 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

sea-fight at Salamis — 4 episodes attest battle of Salamis — a candidate entry battle of Marathon — 1 episode attests battle of Plataea — 1 episode attests sea-fight at Andros — a candidate entry siege of Athens — a candidate entry siege of Troy — a candidate entry taking of Troy — 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