Figure

Bacchus

also answers to Dionysus — catalog apparatus · kind: deity
kept on the shelf of the gods, as the record itself shelves them
4 mentions across 4 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. Comparison of Demetrius and Antony 3 named once in this episode — as “Bacchus” Comparison of Demetrius and Antony · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Antony 26 named once in this episode — as “Bacchus” Antony · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Caesar 56 named once in this episode — as “Bacchus” Caesar · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Alexander 67 named once in this episode — as “Bacchus” Alexander · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Who is inside this name — the drawer files by name; the person layer keeps the men apart

Bacchus (Dionysus)

One identity is discriminated behind this drawer — each room states which bearer of the name it is, on what ground, and with what confidence.

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