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%.

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

59 rows where period_id = "PER_GRK_CLASSICAL"

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Link entity_id period_id confidence rationale source_id review_status
ENT_ACHILLES,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Achilles ENT_ACHILLES Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Central figure in Aeschylus Achilleis trilogy; Sophocles; Euripides Iphigenia at Aulis SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_ADONIS,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Adonis ENT_ADONIS Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Athenian Adonia festival; Aristophanes Lysistrata 387; Plato Phaedrus 276b SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_AJAX,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Ajax ENT_AJAX Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Sophocles Ajax; major Classical tragedy SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_APHRODITE,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Aphrodite ENT_APHRODITE Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL A Major Classical Greek goddess. SRC_THEOI_GODS candidate_verified_name
ENT_APOLLO,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Apollo ENT_APOLLO Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL A Central Classical Greek deity. SRC_THEOI_GODS candidate_verified_name
ENT_ARES,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Ares ENT_ARES Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL B Continues in Classical Greek religion with variable cult prominence. SRC_THEOI_GODS candidate_verified_name
ENT_ARTEMIS,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Artemis ENT_ARTEMIS Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL A Major Classical Greek goddess. SRC_THEOI_GODS candidate_verified_name
ENT_ASCLEPIUS,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Asclepius ENT_ASCLEPIUS Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Major healing cult development Classical period; Epidaurus sanctuary established 5th c. BCE; Homeric Hymn 16 SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_ATALANTA,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Atalanta ENT_ATALANTA Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Euripides Meleager; Sophocles Meleager; Classical tragic tradition SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_ATE,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Ate ENT_ATE Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Sophocles — hamartia tradition; Aeschylus uses frequently SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_ATHENA,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Athena ENT_ATHENA Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL A Central civic goddess of Athens. SRC_THEOI_GODS candidate_verified_name
ENT_ATTIS,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Attis ENT_ATTIS Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high First Greek literary attestation Pindar fr. 80; Classical reception of Phrygian myth SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_BENDIS,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Bendis ENT_BENDIS Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Thracian goddess officially admitted to Athens c. 430 BCE; Plato Republic opens at Bendis festival SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_BIA,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Bia ENT_BIA Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Aeschylus Prometheus Bound (opening scene) SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_CABEIRI,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Cabeiri ENT_CABEIRI Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Herodotus 2.51 (Classical); Samothrace initiations Classical period SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_CADMUS,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Cadmus ENT_CADMUS Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Euripides Bacchae (405 BCE); Phoenician Women SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_CHARON,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Charon ENT_CHARON Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Aristophanes Frogs (405 BCE); Polygnotus Nekyia painting; Classical literary elaboration SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_COTYS,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Cotys ENT_COTYS Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Thracian goddess attested in Aeschylus fr.; Euripides Bacchae context SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_CYBELE,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Cybele ENT_CYBELE Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Euripides Bacchae (Cybele/Rhea equated); Pindar; Sophocles; major Classical Athenian presence SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_DEMETER,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Demeter ENT_DEMETER Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL A Central to Eleusinian and civic religion. SRC_THEOI_GODS candidate_verified_name
ENT_DIONYSUS,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Dionysus ENT_DIONYSUS Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL A Central to theater and civic festivals. SRC_THEOI_GODS candidate_verified_name
ENT_ERINYES,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Erinyes ENT_ERINYES Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Aeschylus Eumenides (458 BCE) makes them central characters SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_EROS,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Eros ENT_EROS Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Plato Symposium; philosophical treatment; Sophocles Antigone; Euripides Hippolytus SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_EUBOULEUS,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Eubouleus ENT_EUBOULEUS Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Classical Eleusinian tradition (Thesmophoria/Demeter mysteries) SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_EUMENIDES,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Eumenides ENT_EUMENIDES Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Aeschylus Eumenides — the play names and transforms them SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_GRR_ELYSIUM,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Elysium (Elysian Fields) ENT_GRR_ELYSIUM Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high The Elysian Fields, paradisal abode of heroes and the righteous dead. First named at Homer Odyssey 4.563-569 (Elysian plain, where Menelaus is destined to go); elaborated as a region of the underworld in Virgil Aeneid 6.637-678. SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID reviewed
ENT_GRR_UNDERWORLD,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL The Greek Underworld (House of Hades) ENT_GRR_UNDERWORLD Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Hub entity for the structured Greek realm of the dead, the domain of Hades and Persephone, divided into regions for the dead by their merit. Composite of Homer Odyssey 11, Hesiod, and Virgil Aeneid 6; the systematized topography (rivers, fields, judges) is fullest in Virgil. SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID reviewed
ENT_HECATE,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Hecate ENT_HECATE Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Sophocles fr.; Euripides; Classical Athenian chthonic cult (propylaia shrines) SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_HECTOR,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Hector ENT_HECTOR Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Appears in Classical tragedy; Euripides Rhesus SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_HEPHAESTUS,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Hephaestus ENT_HEPHAESTUS Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL A Major craft deity in Classical Greek religion. SRC_THEOI_GODS candidate_verified_name
ENT_HERA,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Hera ENT_HERA Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL A Major Classical Greek goddess. SRC_THEOI_GODS candidate_verified_name
ENT_HERACLES,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Heracles ENT_HERACLES Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Sophocles Women of Trachis; Euripides Heracles; Euripides Alcestis SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_HERMES,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Hermes ENT_HERMES Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL A Major Classical Greek god. SRC_THEOI_GODS candidate_verified_name
ENT_HIPPOLYTUS,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Hippolytus ENT_HIPPOLYTUS Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Euripides Hippolytus (428 BCE) SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_HYBRIS,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Hybris ENT_HYBRIS Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Core Classical tragic concept; Aeschylus; Sophocles; Herodotus SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_IACCHUS,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Iacchus ENT_IACCHUS Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Eleusinian procession deity; Sophocles fr. 959; Aristophanes Frogs 316 SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_IPHIGENIA,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Iphigenia ENT_IPHIGENIA Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Euripides Iphigenia at Aulis; Iphigenia in Tauris SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_KORE,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Kore ENT_KORE Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Eleusinian cult — Classical peak period; Pindar Olympian 6 SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_KRATOS,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Kratos ENT_KRATOS Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Aeschylus Prometheus Bound (opening scene; dialogue character) SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_MEDEA,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Medea ENT_MEDEA Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Euripides Medea (431 BCE); defining Classical tragedy SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_NEMESIS,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Nemesis ENT_NEMESIS Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Classical philosophical concept; Aeschylus; Pindar; Herodotus; sanctuary at Rhamnous SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_NIKE,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Nike ENT_NIKE Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Major Classical cult; Temple of Athena Nike on Acropolis 420 BCE; Nike of Samothrace Hellenistic SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_ODYSSEUS,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Odysseus ENT_ODYSSEUS Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Sophocles Philoctetes; Ajax; Euripides Cyclops; Rhesus SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_ORESTES,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Orestes ENT_ORESTES Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Aeschylus Oresteia (458 BCE); Sophocles Electra; Euripides Orestes SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_ORPHEUS,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Orpheus ENT_ORPHEUS Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Central to Classical Orphic traditions; Pindar Pythian 4; Euripides Alcestis (Orpheus allusion) SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_PAN,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Pan ENT_PAN Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Pan cult spread to Athens after Marathon 490 BCE (Herodotus 6.105); Classical civic cult SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_PEITHO,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Peitho ENT_PEITHO Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Aeschylus Agamemnon 385; Choephoroi; Eumenides; Classical rhetoric personification SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_PERSEPHONE,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Persephone ENT_PERSEPHONE Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Eleusinian Mysteries; Classical Athenian ritual year; Sophocles fr. SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_PERSEUS,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Perseus ENT_PERSEUS Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Aeschylus Perseid trilogy; Sophocles (Classical tragedy) SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_PLOUTON,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Plouton ENT_PLOUTON Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Eleusinian name for Hades; Classical peak (Pindar, Sophocles) SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_PLUTUS,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Plutus ENT_PLUTUS Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Aristophanes Plutus (388 BCE) — principal character SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
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_SABAZIOS,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Sabazios ENT_SABAZIOS Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Aristophanes Birds 874-876; Demosthenes; Thracian/Phrygian deity admitted to Classical Athens SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_THESEUS,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Theseus ENT_THESEUS Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Appears as character in Euripides Suppliant Women; Hippolytus; Sophocles Oedipus at Colonus SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_TRIPTOLEMUS,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Triptolemus ENT_TRIPTOLEMUS Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Homeric Hymn to Demeter; Classical Eleusinian hero; Sophocles Triptolemos SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_TROPHONIUS,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Trophonius ENT_TROPHONIUS Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Classical oracle at Lebadea; Herodotus 1.46; Pausanias (elaborated Classical) SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_TYCHE,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Tyche ENT_TYCHE Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Classical city-fortune; Pindar Olympian 12; becomes major civic deity SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_ZAGREUS,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Zagreus ENT_ZAGREUS Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL high Aeschylus Aigyptioi fr. 5 (earliest clear reference); Classical Orphic tradition SRC_BURKERT_GREEK_RELIGION reviewed
ENT_ZEUS,PER_GRK_CLASSICAL Zeus ENT_ZEUS Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL A Central to Classical Greek public religion. SRC_THEOI_GODS candidate_verified_name

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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]);