Figure

Heracles

also answers to Hercules, Herakles — catalog apparatus · kind: legendary
kept on the legendary shelf; the biographer himself shelved him beside the kings
133 mentions across 92 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. 2.43 named 8 times in this episode — as “Heracles” The Histories · A. D. Godley, 1920–25

Hdt. 2.44 named 7 times in this episode — as “Heracles” The Histories · A. D. Godley, 1920–25

Hdt. 1.7 named 3 times in this episode — as “Heracles” The Histories · A. D. Godley, 1920–25

Hdt. 2.42 named 3 times in this episode — as “Heracles” The Histories · A. D. Godley, 1920–25

Hdt. 2.145 named 3 times in this episode — as “Heracles” The Histories · A. D. Godley, 1920–25

Hdt. 4.9 named 3 times in this episode — as “Heracles” The Histories · A. D. Godley, 1920–25

Plutarch · the biographer's shelf

Plut. Theseus 6 named 4 times in this episode — as “Heracles” Theseus · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Theseus 29 named 3 times in this episode — as “Heracles” Theseus · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Lycurgus 1 named 2 times in this episode — as “Heracles” Lycurgus · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Antony 4 named 2 times in this episode — as “Heracles” Antony · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Sertorius 9 named 2 times in this episode — as “Heracles” Sertorius · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Lysander 22 named 2 times in this episode — as “Heracles” Lysander · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

…and 80 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 Athens — a candidate entry taking of Sicily — a candidate entry battle of Marathon — 4 episodes attest siege of Thebes — a candidate entry taking of Tarentum — a candidate entry battle of Leuctra — 2 episodes attest battle of Plataea — 2 episodes attest battle of Thermopylae — 2 episodes attest

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