Figure

Penelope

kind: legendary
kept on the legendary shelf; the biographer himself shelved him beside the kings
15 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., Brute Beasts Use Reason 5 named 2 times in this episode — as “Penelope” That brute beasts make use of reason · Sir A. J. (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., How to Hear Poems 8 named once in this episode — as “Penelope’s” How a Young Man Ought to Hear Poems · Simon Ford (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., Garrulity 8 named once in this episode — as “Penelope” Of Garrulity, or Talkativeness · John Philips (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., Training of Children 10 named once in this episode — as “Penelope” A Discourse Touching the Training of Children · Simon Ford (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., Oracles Ceasing 17 named once in this episode — as “Penelope” Why the Oracles Cease to Give Answers · Robert Midgley (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., Conjugal Precepts 21 named once in this episode — as “Penelope” Conjugal Precepts · John Philips (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., Oracles Ceasing 23 named once in this episode — as “Penelope” Why the Oracles Cease to Give Answers · Robert Midgley (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Demetrius 25 named once in this episode — as “Penelope” Demetrius · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Mor., Common Conceptions 28 named once in this episode — as “Penelope’s” Of common conceptions, against the Stoics · Samuel White (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., Greek Questions 48 named once in this episode — as “Penelope” Greek Questions · Isaac Chauncy (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., Symposiacs 7.5.4 named once in this episode — as “Penelope” Symposiacs · Thomas Creech (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Herodotus · the inquirer's shelf

Hdt. 2.145 named 2 times in this episode — as “Penelope” The Histories · A. D. Godley, 1920–25

…and 1 more episode attests — counted by the house’s first pass.

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