entity_id,period_id,confidence,rationale,source_id,review_status
ENT_MITH_CAUTES,PER_MITHRAIC,high,"Torchbearer holding his torch upward, attendant of Mithras; with Cautopates forms the dadophoroi flanking the tauroctony, often read as sunrise/equinoxes. Clauss ch.9.",SRC_CLAUSS_MITHRAS,reviewed
ENT_MITH_CAUTOPATES,PER_MITHRAIC,high,"Torchbearer holding his torch downward, attendant of Mithras; paired with Cautes around the tauroctony, often read as sunset/the descending sun. Clauss ch.9.",SRC_CLAUSS_MITHRAS,reviewed
ENT_MITH_CORAX,PER_MITHRAIC,high,"First/lowest of the seven Mithraic grades, under the tutelage of Mercury; attested in the grade-lists (Jerome, Ep.107) and the Felicissimus mosaic at Ostia. Clauss ch.10.",SRC_CLAUSS_MITHRAS,reviewed
ENT_MITH_HELIODROMUS,PER_MITHRAIC,high,"Sixth Mithraic grade, the Sun-Runner/courier of the Sun, under Sol; depicted with radiate crown, torch and whip. Clauss ch.10.",SRC_CLAUSS_MITHRAS,reviewed
ENT_MITH_LEO,PER_MITHRAIC,high,"Fourth Mithraic grade, the Lion, under Jupiter; honey rather than water used in its purification (Porphyry, De antro 15). The first 'participating' grade. Clauss ch.10.",SRC_CLAUSS_MITHRAS,reviewed
ENT_MITH_LEONTOCEPHALINE,PER_MITHRAIC,high,"Lion-headed serpent-entwined figure of Mithraic statuary, usually interpreted as a time/eternity deity and frequently equated with Aion/Zurvan; identity debated. Clauss ch.13; Beck.",SRC_BECK_MITHRAS,reviewed
ENT_MITH_MILES,PER_MITHRAIC,high,"Third Mithraic grade, the Soldier, under Mars; Tertullian (De corona 15) describes the miles refusing the offered crown. Clauss ch.10.",SRC_CLAUSS_MITHRAS,reviewed
ENT_MITH_MYSTERIES,PER_MITHRAIC,high,Hub for the Roman initiatory cult of Mithras; well attested by ~600 mithraea and inscriptions across the empire (2nd-4th c. CE). Clauss ch.1.,SRC_CLAUSS_MITHRAS,reviewed
ENT_MITH_NYMPHUS,PER_MITHRAIC,high,"Second Mithraic grade, the (grammatically masculine coinage) 'male bride', under Venus; attested in the Ostia grade-mosaic and Jerome's list. Clauss ch.10.",SRC_CLAUSS_MITHRAS,reviewed
ENT_MITH_PATER,PER_MITHRAIC,high,"Seventh and highest Mithraic grade, the Father, under Saturn; leader of the local congregation (pater patrum at the apex). Clauss ch.10.",SRC_CLAUSS_MITHRAS,reviewed
ENT_MITH_PERSES,PER_MITHRAIC,high,"Fifth Mithraic grade, the Persian, under Luna (the Moon); attested in the Ostia grade-mosaic and Jerome's list, evoking the cult's claimed Persian origin. Distinct from the Greek Titan Perses (ENT_PERSES_TITAN). Clauss ch.10.",SRC_CLAUSS_MITHRAS,reviewed
ENT_MITH_PETRA_GENETRIX,PER_MITHRAIC,high,"The 'birth-giving rock' from which Mithras emerges (petra genetrix), a recurring image of the petrogenes Mithras in cult reliefs and dedications. Clauss ch.6.",SRC_CLAUSS_MITHRAS,reviewed
ENT_MITH_TAUROCTONY,PER_MITHRAIC,high,"The central cult image: Mithras slaying the bull, attended by dog, serpent, scorpion, raven and the torchbearers; the icon of nearly every mithraeum and focus of astral interpretation. Clauss ch.7; Beck.",SRC_BECK_MITHRAS,reviewed