Figure

Menelaus

kind: legendary
kept on the legendary shelf; the biographer himself shelved him beside the kings
34 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

Plutarch · the biographer's shelf

Plut. Mor., Symposiacs 9.13.1 named 5 times in this episode — as “Menelaus” Symposiacs · Thomas Creech (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., Symposiacs 9.13.2 named 4 times in this episode — as “Menelaus” Symposiacs · Thomas Creech (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., Herodotus's Malice 12 named 2 times in this episode — as “Menelaus” Of Herodotus’s Malice · A. G. (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., Face in the Moon 17 named 2 times in this episode — as “Menelaus” Of the Face Appearing Within the Orb Of the Moon · A.G. (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., Folly of Many Friends 5 named once in this episode — as “Menelaus” Of Large Acquaintance: or, an Essay to Prove the Folly of Seeking Many Friends · William W. Goodwin, 1874

Plut. Mor., Love of Wealth 9 named once in this episode — as “Menelaus’s” Of the Love of Wealth · John Patrick (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., Symposiacs 1.2.4 named once in this episode — as “Menelaus” Symposiacs · Thomas Creech (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., Flatterer and Friend 11 named once in this episode — as “Menelaus” How to Know a Flatterer from a Friend · George Tullie (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., Fortune of Alexander 2.10 named once in this episode — as “Menelaus” Concerning the fortune or virtue of Alexander the Great · John Phillips (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., Flatterer and Friend 36 named once in this episode — as “Menelaus” How to Know a Flatterer from a Friend · George Tullie (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., Symposiacs 2.1.3 named once in this episode — as “Menelaus” Symposiacs · Thomas Creech (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Herodotus · the inquirer's shelf

Hdt. 2.118 named 5 times in this episode — as “Menelaus” The Histories · A. D. Godley, 1920–25

…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 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