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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19 rows where period_id = "PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN"

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ENT_ARES,PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN Ares ENT_ARES Mycenaean Period PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN high a-re (Ares) attested at Knossos and appears on PY Tn 316 separately from Enyalius; establishes Ares as a Mycenaean deity distinct from Enyalius in the Bronze Age SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK reviewed
ENT_ATHENA,PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN Athena ENT_ATHENA Mycenaean Period PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN high "A-ta-na po-ti-ni-ja" (Athana Potnia, Lady Athena) at Knossos KN V 52 is the earliest attestation of Athena; she appears as a Potnia-title deity, indicating her origin within the broader Mycenaean Potnia tradition SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK reviewed
ENT_DIONYSUS,PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN Dionysus ENT_DIONYSUS Mycenaean Period PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN high di-wo-nu-so at Pylos (PY Xa 102) is one of the most significant Linear B finds: it demonstrates that Dionysus was a Mycenaean deity, overturning the long-held scholarly view (Nietzsche, Rohde, Wilamowitz) that Dionysus was a late foreign import into Greece SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK reviewed
ENT_HERA,PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN Hera ENT_HERA Mycenaean Period PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN high e-ra (Hera) attested at Pylos in offering lists; establishes Hera as a Mycenaean deity whose cult predates the Dark Age SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK reviewed
ENT_HERMES,PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN Hermes ENT_HERMES Mycenaean Period PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN high e-ma-a (Hermes) attested at Pylos in the Linear B offering lists; establishes Hermes as a Mycenaean deity SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK reviewed
ENT_MYC_DIWIA,PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN Diwia ENT_MYC_DIWIA Mycenaean Period PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN high di-u-ja attested at Pylos in the Linear B tablets (c. 1200 BCE horizon of the PY tablets) SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK reviewed
ENT_MYC_DOPOTA,PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN Dopota ENT_MYC_DOPOTA Mycenaean Period PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN high do-po-ta (probably 'Despotes / the Lord', masculine counterpart to Potnia) receives offerings on Pylos tablets; a distinct titular deity. SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK reviewed
ENT_MYC_DRIMIOS,PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN Drimios ENT_MYC_DRIMIOS Mycenaean Period PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN high di-ri-mi-jo on Linear B tablet PY Tn 316, explicitly called di-wo i-je-we ('son of Zeus'); a distinct Mycenaean deity with no surviving Olympian identity. SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK reviewed
ENT_MYC_ENYALIOS,PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN Enyalios ENT_MYC_ENYALIOS Mycenaean Period PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN high e-nu-wa-ri-jo attested on PY Tn 316 (c. 1180 BCE; the last major Pylos tablet before the palace destruction) SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK reviewed
ENT_MYC_IPHIMEDEIA,PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN Iphimedeia ENT_MYC_IPHIMEDEIA Mycenaean Period PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN high i-pi-me-de-ja on PY Tn 316; though later myth knows Iphimedeia as a mortal heroine, in the Pylos tablet she is a divine cult-recipient. SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK reviewed
ENT_MYC_PANTHEON,PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN The Mycenaean Pantheon ENT_MYC_PANTHEON Mycenaean Period PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN high Collective hub for the Linear B cult-recipients (Pylos/Knossos), distinct from the later Olympian system; ENT_MYC_TN316 is a sub-collective. SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK reviewed
ENT_MYC_PIPITUNA,PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN Pipituna ENT_MYC_PIPITUNA Mycenaean Period PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN high pi-pi-tu-na, a goddess receiving offerings on Knossos tablets (KN Fp series); a pre-Greek/Minoan-substrate theonym with no Olympian identity. SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK reviewed
ENT_MYC_POTNIA,PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN Potnia ENT_MYC_POTNIA Mycenaean Period PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN high Potnia is the most frequently attested deity in the Linear B tablets (c. 1400-1200 BCE) across Knossos, Pylos, and other Mycenaean centers SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK reviewed
ENT_MYC_POTNIA_LABYRINTH,PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN Mistress of the Labyrinth ENT_MYC_POTNIA_LABYRINTH Mycenaean Period PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN high da-pu2-ri-to-jo po-ti-ni-ja ('Mistress of the Labyrinth') receives honey in Linear B tablet KN Gg 702 — the earliest textual attestation of the labyrinth, a distinct Cretan Potnia. SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK reviewed
ENT_MYC_QERASIJA,PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN Qe-ra-si-ja ENT_MYC_QERASIJA Mycenaean Period PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN high qe-ra-si-ja (masc. qe-ra-si-jo) receives offerings on Knossos tablets; read as 'the Theran goddess' or a beast-cult deity, a distinct Cretan-Mycenaean name. SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK reviewed
ENT_MYC_TN316,PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN Deities of the Pylos Tn 316 Tablet ENT_MYC_TN316 Mycenaean Period PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN high PY Tn 316 dates to the Late Bronze Age Pylian archive. SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK reviewed
ENT_MYC_TRISHEROS,PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN Trisheros ENT_MYC_TRISHEROS Mycenaean Period PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN high ti-ri-se-ro-e (Tris-heros, 'the Thrice-Hero') receives offerings on PY Tn 316, the earliest attestation of Mycenaean hero/ancestor cult. SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK reviewed
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
ENT_ZEUS,PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN Zeus ENT_ZEUS Mycenaean Period PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN high di-we and di-wo appear in multiple Linear B tablets at Knossos and Pylos; Zeus is securely attested in Mycenaean religion 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]);