Person — one identity, discriminated; every claim below carries its ground or says it has none

Antiochus of Ascalon

c. 125–68 BCE · dates approximate · identity secure receipt — the person layer

The Academic philosopher whose lectures charmed Cicero at Athens — no king at all, though he shares the kings' drawer.

Who he is — which bearer of the name; the grounds are named

Plutarch sets Cicero in his lecture room at Athens. secure

he attended the lectures of Antiochus of Ascalon, and was charmed by his fluency and grace of diction, although he disapproved of his innovations in doctrine. Plut. Cicero 4 Cicero · Plutarch

How to tell him apart — the record confusing and un-confusing its own names; doors to the other men

A philosopher among kings: the drawer's third man teaches rhetoric, not war. secure

For Antiochus had already fallen away from what was called the New Academy and abandoned the sect of Carneades, Plut. Cicero 4 Cicero · Plutarch

the other man: Antiochus III the Great

Doors — where this identity stands in the house

the record's drawer

his name's drawer, shared with his homonyms — the counts belong to the name, not the man. Antiochus, the figure — 88 mentions across 57 episodes, counted by the house's first pass.

The name's other bearers — identities sharing ‘antiochus’; the desk keeps them apart

Antiochus I Soter — 324–261 BCE Antiochus III the Great — c. 241–187 BCE

The record here: 166 works · 12,119 episodes served · identities carry claims, claims carry grounds — episode, page, or an honest open · dprr alignment reserved, nothing fetched

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