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Theseus

also answers to Theseus of Athens — catalog apparatus · kind: legendary
kept on the legendary shelf; the biographer himself shelved him beside the kings
138 mentions across 42 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. Theseus 20 named 9 times in this episode — as “Theseus” Theseus · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Theseus 30 named 8 times in this episode — as “Theseus” Theseus · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Theseus 19 named 7 times in this episode — as “Theseus” Theseus · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Theseus 35 named 7 times in this episode — as “Theseus” Theseus · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Comparison of Theseus and Romulus 1 named 6 times in this episode — as “Theseus” Comparison of Theseus and Romulus · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Theseus 8 named 6 times in this episode — as “Theseus” Theseus · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Theseus 17 named 6 times in this episode — as “Theseus” Theseus · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Theseus 22 named 6 times in this episode — as “Theseus” Theseus · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Theseus 26 named 5 times in this episode — as “Theseus” Theseus · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Theseus 27 named 5 times in this episode — as “Theseus” Theseus · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Theseus 29 named 5 times in this episode — as “Theseus” Theseus · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Comparison of Theseus and Romulus 3 named 4 times in this episode — as “Theseus” Comparison of Theseus and Romulus · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

…and 30 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 battle of Marathon — 3 episodes attest taking of Sicily — a candidate entry taking of Troy — a candidate entry battle of Chaeroneia — a candidate entry battle of Scotussa — a candidate entry sea-fight at Salamis — 1 episode attests siege of Thebes — 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