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

5 rows where period_id = "PER_GRK_ROMAN"

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Link entity_id period_id confidence rationale source_id review_status
ENT_GLYCON,PER_GRK_ROMAN Glycon ENT_GLYCON Roman Greek Religion PER_GRK_ROMAN high Snake oracle of Abonoteichos; Lucian Alexander (2nd c. CE); genuinely Roman-period phenomenon SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION reviewed
ENT_GRR_FIELDS_PUNISHMENT,PER_GRK_ROMAN The Fields of Punishment ENT_GRR_FIELDS_PUNISHMENT Roman Greek Religion PER_GRK_ROMAN high The region where the wicked are punished, bounded by the flaming river Phlegethon and overseen by Rhadamanthus; the great prison-pit of Tartarus lies below it. Virgil, Aeneid 6.548-627 (Tartarus and the punishments). Distinct from but continuous with primordial Tartarus. SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID reviewed
ENT_GRR_MOURNING_FIELDS,PER_GRK_ROMAN The Mourning Fields (Lugentes Campi) ENT_GRR_MOURNING_FIELDS Roman Greek Religion PER_GRK_ROMAN high The Fields of Mourning (Lugentes Campi), region of the underworld for those consumed and killed by unhappy love (e.g. Dido, Phaedra), attested at Virgil, Aeneid 6.440-444. A Roman-poetic systematization of the Greek underworld. SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID reviewed
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
ENT_ZEUS,PER_GRK_ROMAN Zeus ENT_ZEUS Roman Greek Religion PER_GRK_ROMAN A Continues under Roman Greek 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]);