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'}

3 rows where entity_id = "ENT_POSEIDON"

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Link entity_id period_id confidence rationale source_id review_status
ENT_POSEIDON,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC Poseidon ENT_POSEIDON Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC A Major sea, earthquake, and horse deity. SRC_THEOI_GODS candidate_verified_name
ENT_POSEIDON,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Poseidon ENT_POSEIDON Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL A Major Classical Greek deity. SRC_THEOI_GODS candidate_verified_name
ENT_POSEIDON,PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN Poseidon ENT_POSEIDON Mycenaean Period PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN high po-se-da-o is one of the most prominently attested deities at Pylos, receiving more offerings than Zeus (di-we) in the Pylos tablets; his high status in Mycenaean Pylos suggests a different divine hierarchy than the Classical Olympian order SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK 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]);