entity_periods: ENT_GRK_PYTHAGOREAN_NUMBERS, PER_GRK_ARCHAIC

Period assignments linking entities to the historical periods when they are attested. An entity may span multiple periods. All Greek entities are assigned; Egyptian tradition is fully covered; total coverage exceeds 70%.

Data license: MIT · Data source: jebboone/deitydb

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entity_id	period_id	confidence	rationale	source_id	review_status
ENT_GRK_PYTHAGOREAN_NUMBERS	PER_GRK_ARCHAIC	high	The Pythagorean doctrine that numbers are the divine archai (first principles) of reality ('all is number'); the tetractys as a sacred figure and the special sanctity of particular numbers, founding the Western tradition of sacred arithmetic. Pythagoras fl. c. 530 BCE.	SRC_BURKERT_PYTHAGOREANISM	reviewed