{"database": "deitydb", "table": "entities", "rows": [["ENT_BENDIS", "Bendis", null, "Thracian", "Thracian goddess", "Moon Deity", "moon; hunt; fire; night; mystery cult", "imported;thracian", "Greek world", "Archaic-Classical/Roman reception", "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.", 2, 0, 0, "Thracian hunting and moon goddess; the most thoroughly documented Thracian deity in Athens. Her Athenian cult was officially established by state decree by 429 BCE, making the Bendideia festival the first formally recognised foreign cult in Athens. Plato opens the Republic (327a) at the Bendideia in the Piraeus. Herodotus 5.7 lists Artemis as one of the three Thracian gods \u2014 scholarship identifies Artemis with Bendis in this context. The equation Bendis \u2194 Artemis is explicit in Athenian votive inscriptions; she is also equated with Hecate in some traditions. Iconography: twin torches and hunting dress. Archibald (1998) ch. 8.", "deity"]], "columns": ["entity_id", "canonical_name", "greek_name", "tradition", "entity_type", "category", "primary_domains", "tags", "cult_scope", "primary_period", "evidence_confidence", "review_status", "inclusion_basis", "earth_association_score", "chthonic_flag", "serpent_flag", "short_note", "entity_class"], "primary_keys": ["entity_id"], "primary_key_values": ["ENT_BENDIS"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 8.71877399913501, "source": "jebboone/deitydb", "source_url": "https://github.com/jebboone/deitydb", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT"}