Entity Periods

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

confidence
{'description': 'high / medium / low — certainty of the period assignment'}
rationale
{'description': 'Justification with source citations'}

1 row where entity_id = "ENT_GRR_PLAIN_LETHE"

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Link entity_id period_id confidence rationale source_id review_status
ENT_GRR_PLAIN_LETHE,PER_GRK_ROMAN The Plain of Lethe ENT_GRR_PLAIN_LETHE Roman Greek Religion PER_GRK_ROMAN high The plain through which the river Lethe flows, where shades destined for reincarnation drink the water of forgetfulness; Virgil, Aeneid 6.703-715 (Anchises shows Aeneas the souls by Lethe). Plato Republic 10.621 places the Plain of Lethe (pediton tes Lethes) in the eschatology of Er. SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID reviewed

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CREATE TABLE "entity_periods" (
   [entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [period_id] TEXT REFERENCES [periods]([period_id]),
   [confidence] TEXT,
   [rationale] TEXT,
   [source_id] TEXT,
   [review_status] TEXT,
   PRIMARY KEY ([entity_id], [period_id])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_periods_period_id]
    ON [entity_periods] ([period_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_periods_entity_id]
    ON [entity_periods] ([entity_id]);