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 Diogenes Laertius · the shelf
D.L. 4.18-20
named 3 times in this episode — as “Sophocles”
Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Volume I (Books I-V) · R. D. Hicks, 1925 D.L. 5.37-39
named 3 times in this episode — as “Sophocles”
Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Volume I (Books I-V) · R. D. Hicks, 1925 Plutarch · the biographer's shelf
Plut. Pericles 8
named 2 times in this episode — as “Sophocles”
Pericles · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926 Plut. Cimon 8
named 2 times in this episode — as “Sophocles”
Cimon · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926 Plut. Nicias 15
named 2 times in this episode — as “Sophocles”
Nicias · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926 Plut. Phocion 1
named once in this episode — as “Sophocles”
Phocion · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926 Plut. Agis 1
named once in this episode — as “Sophocles”
Agis and Cleomenes · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926 Plut. Numa 4
named once in this episode — as “Sophocles”
Numa · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926 Plut. Alexander 7
named once in this episode — as “Sophocles”
Alexander · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926 Plut. Demosthenes 7
named once in this episode — as “Sophocles”
Demosthenes · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926 Plut. Alexander 8
named once in this episode — as “Sophocles”
Alexander · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926 Xenophon · the shelf
Xen. Hell. 2.3
named once in this episode — as “Sophocles”
Hellenica · H. G. Dakyns, 1890-1897
…and 14 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 battle of Corcyra — a candidate entry taking of Sicily — a candidate entry fall of Cyrus — a candidate entry fall of Hiero — a candidate entry sea-fight at Lesbos — a candidate entry siege of Athens — a candidate entry siege of Syracuse — a candidate entry
Who is inside this name — the drawer files by name; the person layer keeps the men apart One identity is discriminated behind this drawer — each room states
which bearer of the name it is, on what ground, and with what confidence.
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