Figure — a candidate entry; the curator has not yet passed

Thucydides

kind: unassigned
92 mentions across 78 episodes of the record — counted by the house’s first pass receipt — the figure shelf, first 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. Cimon 4 named 5 times in this episode — as “Thucydides” Cimon · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Nicias 1 named 3 times in this episode — as “Thucydides” Nicias · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Mor., Political Precepts 5 named 3 times in this episode — as “Thucydides” Political Precepts · Samuel White (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Pericles 16 named 3 times in this episode — as “Thucydides” Pericles · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Nicias 2 named 2 times in this episode — as “Thucydides” Nicias · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Pericles 6 named 2 times in this episode — as “Thucydides” Pericles · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Themistocles 27 named 2 times in this episode — as “Thucydides” Themistocles · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Pericles 28 named 2 times in this episode — as “Thucydides” Pericles · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Fabius Maximus 1 named once in this episode — as “Thucydides” Fabius Maximus · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Plut. Mor., Virtues of Women 0 named once in this episode — as “Thucydides” Concerning the Virtues of Women · Isaac Chauncy (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., Lives of the Ten Orators 1 named once in this episode — as “Thucydides’s” Lives of the Ten Orators · Charles Barcroft (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

Plut. Mor., Old Men in State Affairs 1 named once in this episode — as “Thucydides” Whether an Aged Man Ought to Meddle in State Affairs · F. Fetherston (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874

…and 66 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 Amphipolis — a candidate entry battle of Mantinea — a candidate entry battle of Chios — a candidate entry taking of Sicily — a candidate entry battle of Potidaea — a candidate entry sea-fight at Naxos — a candidate entry siege of Potidaea — a candidate entry

Who is inside this name — the drawer files by name; the person layer keeps the men apart

Thucydides son of Olorus — c. 460 – c. 400 BCE Thucydides son of Melesias — fl. 440s BCE

2 identities are 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

lives · deeds · times · the shelf