Figure

Midas

kind: legendary
kept on the legendary shelf; the biographer himself shelved him beside the kings
24 mentions across 13 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., Rivers and Mountains 12 named 4 times in this episode — as “Midas” Of the Names of Rivers and Mountains, and of Such Things as Are to Be Found Therein · R. White (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., Consolation to Apollonius 27 named 3 times in this episode — as “Midas” Consolation to Apollonius · Matthew Morgan (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., Greek and Roman Parallels 5 named 2 times in this episode — as “Midas” Parallels, or a comparison between the Greek and Roman Histories · John Oswald (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., Superstition 8 named 2 times in this episode — as “Midas” Of Superstition, or Indiscreet Devotion · William Baxter (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Caesar 9 named once in this episode — as “Midas” Caesar · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Publicola 15 named once in this episode — as “Midas” Publicola · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Alexander 18 named once in this episode — as “Midas” Alexander · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Titus Flamininus 20 named once in this episode — as “Midas” Titus Flamininus · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Diogenes Laertius · the shelf

D.L. 1.89-91 named 4 times in this episode — as “Midas” Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Volume I (Books I-V) · R. D. Hicks, 1925

Herodotus · the inquirer's shelf

Hdt. 1.14 named 2 times in this episode — as “Midas” The Histories · A. D. Godley, 1920–25

Hdt. 1.35 named once in this episode — as “Midas” The Histories · A. D. Godley, 1920–25

Hdt. 1.45 named once in this episode — as “Midas” The Histories · A. D. Godley, 1920–25

…and 1 more episode attests — 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

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