Relationships

2,079 typed, source-backed relationships between entities. Each row records a directed relationship (subject → type → object) with a justifying source and rationale note. See relationship_types for the full controlled vocabulary of 70 relationship types. Key types: reception_of / received_as (transmission across traditions), equated_with (interpretatio graeca / analogues), parent_of (genealogy), member_of (collective membership), emanates_from (Gnostic/Neoplatonic structure).

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subject_entity_id
{'description': 'The entity initiating or holding the relationship'}
relationship_type
{'description': 'Typed relationship from the controlled vocabulary (see relationship_types table)'}
object_entity_id
{'description': 'The entity receiving or targeted by the relationship'}
confidence
{'description': 'high / medium / low / speculative'}
rationale
{'description': 'Scholarly justification for the relationship, with source citations'}
source_id
{'description': 'Primary source justifying this relationship'}
period_id
{'description': 'Historical period in which this relationship is attested (null = all periods)'}

11 rows where object_entity_id = "ENT_ARTEMIS"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
4 Zeus ENT_ZEUS parent_of Artemis ENT_ARTEMIS high Artemis is daughter of Zeus. Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS reviewed  
777 Diana ENT_ROM_DIANA identified_with Artemis ENT_ARTEMIS high Diana is the Roman counterpart of Artemis. Oxford Classical Dictionary, Roman Religion entries SRC_ROMAN_OCD reviewed  
1409 Demons ENT_CHR_DEMONS reception_of Artemis ENT_ARTEMIS medium Artemis received into the Christian demonic class; Acts 19 frames her Ephesian cult as the pre-eminent pagan demonic opposition; Justin Martyr names her explicitly. Justin Martyr, First and Second Apologies (c. 150–165 CE) SRC_JUSTIN_MARTYR_APOLOGIES reviewed Patristic Period PER_PATRISTIC
1723 Leto ENT_LETO parent_of Artemis ENT_ARTEMIS high Hesiod Theogony 918-920. Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY approved  
2173 Bendis ENT_BENDIS equated_with Artemis ENT_ARTEMIS high Plato Republic 327a: the opening scene describes the festival of Bendis in Piraeus; she was a Thracian goddess equated with Artemis by Athenian interpreters and admitted to the Piraeus cult in the 5th c. BCE. Theoi Daemones/personifications index SRC_THEOI_DAIMONES approved  
2179 Oreads ENT_OREADS paired_with Artemis ENT_ARTEMIS high Homer Odyssey 6.102-109: Artemis is compared to a mountain nymph (Oread) and described leading them in the hunt; the Oreads are her hunting companions. Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY approved  
2330 Anahit ENT_ARM_ANAHIT syncretized_with Artemis ENT_ARTEMIS high Agathangelos §22 explicitly equates Anahit with Artemis. Strabo (Geography XI.14.16) describes her temple at Erez and cult statue in terms consistent with an Artemis-type deity. The equation is ancient, consistent across multiple sources, and reflects functional overlap in hunting, virginity, and divine protection. The most securely attested Greek equation for any Armenian deity. Agathangelos, History of the Armenians (Patmut'iwn Hayots'), 5th c. CE; trans. Robert W. Thomson (State University of New York Press, Albany NY, 1976) SRC_AGATHANGELOS_HISTORY reviewed Pre-Christian Armenian PER_ARM_PAGAN
3475 Artumes ENT_ETR_ARTUMES syncretized_with Artemis ENT_ARTEMIS high The Etruscan Artemis. De Grummond, Nancy Thomson. Etruscan Myth, Sacred History, and Legend (University of Pennsylvania Museum, 2006) SRC_DEGRUMMOND_ETRUSCAN reviewed  
5943 Runtiya ENT_LUW_RUNTIYA aligned_with Artemis ENT_ARTEMIS medium Runtiya, the stag/hunt/wild-protection god, is the typological forerunner/cognate of the Anatolian Artemis (mistress of wild animals and the hunt). Piotr Taracha, Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia (Dresdner Beiträge zur Hethitologie 27; Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden, 2009) SRC_TARACHA_ANATOLIA reviewed  
7267 Artimus ENT_LYD_ARTIMUS equated_with Artemis ENT_ARTEMIS high Lydian Artimus is the local form regularly equated with Greek Artemis on phonetic and functional grounds. Munn, Mark. The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (University of California Press, 2006) SRC_MUNN_MOTHER_GODS reviewed  
7587 Reitia ENT_VEN_REITIA aligned_with Artemis ENT_ARTEMIS medium Reitia's healing and protective-of-women functions led to her functional identification with Greek Artemis in interpretatio. Aldo L. Prosdocimi, studies on the Venetic language and pantheon (Lingue e dialetti dell'Italia antica; 'Le religioni dell'Italia antica') SRC_PROSDOCIMI_VENETIC reviewed  

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CREATE TABLE "entity_relationships" (
   [relationship_id] INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
   [subject_entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [relationship_type] TEXT REFERENCES [relationship_types]([relationship_type]),
   [object_entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [confidence] TEXT,
   [rationale] TEXT,
   [source_id] TEXT REFERENCES [sources]([source_id]),
   [review_status] TEXT,
   [period_id] TEXT REFERENCES [periods]([period_id])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_period_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([period_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_source_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([source_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_object_entity_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([object_entity_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_relationship_type]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([relationship_type]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_subject_entity_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([subject_entity_id]);