entity_relationships: 1562
Data license: MIT · Data source: jebboone/deitydb
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| relationship_id | subject_entity_id | relationship_type | object_entity_id | confidence | rationale | source_id | review_status | period_id |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1562 | ENT_MYC_ENYALIOS | received_as | ENT_ARES | medium | Pylos tablet PY Tn 316 — the most important Mycenaean religious text, listing offering recipients at a crisis moment before the palace's destruction c. 1180 BCE — lists both E-nu-wa-ri-jo (Enyalius) and A-re (Ares) as separate recipients, establishing they were distinct war deities in Mycenaean religion. In the Classical period, Enyalius (Enyalios) persists primarily as an epithet of Ares and as a battle-cry formula; however, some Classical sources still treat Enyalius as distinct (Pindar Olympian 13.102; the separate cult title at some sanctuaries). The transition from independent deity to epithet is the Mycenaean-to-Classical merger: Enyalius's identity and cult were absorbed into the dominant Ares figure in the post-Dark-Age consolidation of the Greek war-deity tradition. | SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK | reviewed | PER_GRK_DARK_AGE |