Figure

Numa

also answers to Numa Pompilius — catalog apparatus · kind: legendary
kept on the legendary shelf; the biographer himself shelved him beside the kings
103 mentions across 40 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. Numa 1 named 9 times in this episode — as “Numa” Numa · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Numa 15 named 8 times in this episode — as “Numa’s” Numa · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Numa 8 named 7 times in this episode — as “Numa” Numa · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Numa 21 named 6 times in this episode — as “Numa” Numa · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

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

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

Plut. Numa 9 named 4 times in this episode — as “Numa” Numa · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Numa 13 named 4 times in this episode — as “Numa” Numa · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Numa 20 named 4 times in this episode — as “Numa” Numa · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Numa 22 named 4 times in this episode — as “Numa” Numa · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Comparison of Lycurgus and Numa 2 named 3 times in this episode — as “Numa” Comparison of Lycurgus and Numa · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

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

…and 28 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 siege of Veii — a candidate entry battle of Mantinea — a candidate entry siege of Roman — a candidate entry taking 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 · 81 works · 5,142 episodes served

lives · deeds · times · the shelf