The sources of Helen
Where Helen names another work or author, the harvest records the passage that does it and the chapter that passage stands in. 8 citations across 1 chapter, drawn from 8 named sources; 1 of those sources stand in the library.
3 authority 4 refuted 1 extended Of the 8 citations in Helen, 4 argue against their source.
the sources most drawn on
1 of 1 source-
Homer 1 citation
Homer is named explicitly, and his poem on the Trojan expedition is invoked as authoritative evidence of Helen's enduring influence.
And some of the Homeridae also relate that Helen appeared to Homer by night and commanded him to compose a poem on those who went on the expedition to Troy, since she wished to make their death more to be envied than the life of the rest of mankind;
helen · cites Homer's poem as authoritative testimony to Helen's power and the war's renown ¶
named once
7 sourcesEach stands at a single passage. The chapter carries the anchors.
- helen 7 sources
- Argument that nothing exists of the things that are · Argument that the same things are both possible and impossible · Earlier composition on Helen (an encomium that is actually a defense) · Oracle concerning Helen's maturity · Proof that the infinite whole is one · Rhetorical compositions of Protagoras and his contemporaries · The Recantation (palinode on Helen)
the marks
- authority
- relied on as a source of legitimacy
- neutral
- identified or reported
- refuted
- argued against
- extended
- developed or continued
- endorsed
- agreed with
- roman
- the cited text is in the library and opens in the reader
- italic
- named by this text, not held by the library — the corpus's wanted list
- ¶
- the passage in this text that does the citing
- 7
- beside a chapter, the passages anchored there. A single citation can quote more than one passage, which is why a row carries two figures: the citations the harvest recorded, and the passages its chapters add up to.
Every count on this page is a link to the passages behind it. A name without a link is recorded but not yet paged. How the harvest reads.