Figure

Helen

also answers to Helena — catalog apparatus · kind: legendary
kept on the legendary shelf; the biographer himself shelved him beside the kings
40 mentions across 21 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

Herodotus · the inquirer's shelf

Hdt. 2.120 named 5 times in this episode — as “Helen” The Histories · A. D. Godley, 1920–25

Hdt. 2.118 named 4 times in this episode — as “Helen” The Histories · A. D. Godley, 1920–25

Hdt. 2.113 named 3 times in this episode — as “Helen” The Histories · A. D. Godley, 1920–25

Hdt. 2.116 named 3 times in this episode — as “Helen” The Histories · A. D. Godley, 1920–25

Hdt. 1.3 named 2 times in this episode — as “Helen” The Histories · A. D. Godley, 1920–25

Hdt. 2.112 named 2 times in this episode — as “Helen” The Histories · A. D. Godley, 1920–25

Hdt. 2.115 named 2 times in this episode — as “Helen” The Histories · A. D. Godley, 1920–25

Hdt. 9.73 named 2 times in this episode — as “Helen” The Histories · A. D. Godley, 1920–25

Plutarch · the biographer's shelf

Plut. Theseus 31 named 4 times in this episode — as “Helen” Theseus · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Theseus 34 named 2 times in this episode — as “Helen” Theseus · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Comparison of Demetrius and Antony 3 named once in this episode — as “Helen’s” Comparison of Demetrius and Antony · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Solon 4 named once in this episode — as “Helen” Solon · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

…and 9 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

taking of Troy — a candidate entry siege of Athens — a candidate entry siege of Thebes — a candidate entry battle of Corinth — a candidate entry fall of Corinth — a candidate entry fall of Miletus — 1 episode attests battle of Marathon — 1 episode attests taking of Miletus — 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 · 81 works · 5,142 episodes served

lives · deeds · times · the shelf