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Lycurgus

also answers to Lycurgus of Sparta — catalog apparatus · kind: legendary
kept on the legendary shelf; the biographer himself shelved him beside the kings
244 mentions across 129 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., Lives of the Ten Orators 7 named 14 times in this episode — as “Lycurgus” Lives of the Ten Orators · Charles Barcroft (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Lycurgus 1 named 9 times in this episode — as “Lycurgus” Lycurgus · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Mor., Lives of the Ten Orators 13 named 7 times in this episode — as “Lycurgus” Lives of the Ten Orators · Charles Barcroft (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

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

Plut. Lycurgus 5 named 6 times in this episode — as “Lycurgus” Lycurgus · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Comparison of Lycurgus and Numa 1 named 5 times in this episode — as “Lycurgus” Comparison of Lycurgus and Numa · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Comparison of Lycurgus and Numa 4 named 5 times in this episode — as “Lycurgus” Comparison of Lycurgus and Numa · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Lycurgus 29 named 5 times in this episode — as “Lycurgus” Lycurgus · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Comparison of Lycurgus and Numa 2 named 4 times in this episode — as “Lycurgus” Comparison of Lycurgus and Numa · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Lycurgus 3 named 4 times in this episode — as “Lycurgus” Lycurgus · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Agis 10 named 4 times in this episode — as “Lycurgus” Agis and Cleomenes · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Polybius · the shelf

Plb. 4.81 named 5 times in this episode — as “Lycurgus” The Histories · Evelyn S. Shuckburgh, 1889

…and 117 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 battle of Chaeronea — a candidate entry battle of Lacedaemon — a candidate entry battle of Leuctra — 3 episodes attest battle of Corinth — a candidate entry battle of Mantinea — a candidate entry fall of Corinth — a candidate entry siege of Palus — 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