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).

Data license: MIT · Data source: jebboone/deitydb

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)'}

13 rows where subject_entity_id = "ENT_APHRODITE"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
399 Aphrodite ENT_APHRODITE patron_of Love ENT_LOVE high Aphrodite is the major Greek goddess of love and beauty. Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS reviewed  
1385 Aphrodite ENT_APHRODITE reception_of Astarte ENT_CAN_ASTARTE medium Aphrodite as Greek reception of Phoenician Astarte via Cyprus; cult continuity at Paphos, Herodotus's identification of the Phoenician origin, and shared love/war dual role confirm the transmission. Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible SRC_DDD_BIBLE reviewed Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC
1410 Aphrodite ENT_APHRODITE received_as Demons ENT_CHR_DEMONS medium Justin Martyr (1 Apol. 24–25) names Aphrodite/Venus among demon-worshipped deities. Augustine (City of God II.4, IV.10) extensively criticizes the moral licentiousness of Venus's theatrical and cultic representations as evidence of demonic corruption of Roman religion. Aphrodite's sexual associations made her a target for patristic condemnation of pagan immorality. Augustine of Hippo, De Civitate Dei (413–426 CE) SRC_AUGUSTINE_CITY_OF_GOD reviewed Patristic Period PER_PATRISTIC
1469 Aphrodite ENT_APHRODITE reception_of Hathor ENT_EGY_HATHOR medium Aphrodite as Greek reception of Egyptian Hathor via interpretatio graeca; Herodotus 2.41 equates them; shared domains of love, beauty, music, and the sacred cow. Second source of Aphrodite alongside Canaanite Astarte. Plutarch, On Isis and Osiris (De Iside et Osiride, c. 100–120 CE) SRC_PLUTARCH_ISIS_OSIRIS reviewed Classical Period PER_GRK_CLASSICAL
1523 Aphrodite ENT_APHRODITE reception_of Al-Uzza ENT_ARA_AL_UZZA medium Aphrodite as the Greek identification for Al-Uzza via the Venus/morning star tradition; one of several Arabian→Greek connections through Nabataean-Hellenistic contact. John F. Healey, The Religion of the Nabataeans: A Conspectus (Leiden: Brill, 2001) SRC_HEALEY_NABATAEAN_RELIGION reviewed Hellenistic Period PER_GRK_HELLENISTIC
1597 Aphrodite ENT_APHRODITE reception_of Inanna/Ishtar ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR medium Aphrodite as the Greek reception of the Mesopotamian Inanna/Ishtar tradition; the Queen of Heaven / morning-star / love-war combination transmitted via Cypriot Aphrodite cult and Phoenician mediation. Walter Burkert, The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age (Harvard University Press, 1992) SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV reviewed Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC
1823 Aphrodite ENT_APHRODITE parent_of Harmonia ENT_HARMONIA high Hesiod Theogony 933-937. Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY approved  
1861 Aphrodite ENT_APHRODITE parent_of Aeneas Greek reception ENT_AENEAS_GREEK_RECEPTION high Homer Iliad 5.312: Aphrodite explicitly named as mother of Aeneas; confirmed in Homeric Hymn 5 (To Aphrodite). 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  
1862 Aphrodite ENT_APHRODITE paired_with Adonis Hero ENT_ADONIS_HERO high Pseudo-Apollodorus Library 3.14.4: Aphrodite loved Adonis and kept him hidden; after his death by a boar she mourned him and secured his return for part of each year. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY approved  
2014 Aphrodite ENT_APHRODITE parent_of Hermaphroditus ENT_HERMAPHRODITUS high Diodorus Siculus 4.6.5. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY approved  
2061 Aphrodite ENT_APHRODITE opposes Psyche ENT_PSYCHE high Apuleius Metamorphoses 4-6 (drawing on Greek myth): Aphrodite opposes and torments Psyche out of jealousy, setting her impossible tasks before relenting. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY approved  
2183 Aphrodite ENT_APHRODITE parent_of Beroe ENT_BEROE medium Nonnus Dionysiaca 41.49-155: Beroe, eponymous nymph of the city Berytus (Beirut), is daughter of Aphrodite and Adonis in this late-antique source. Theoi Nymphs index SRC_THEOI_NYMPHS approved  
2397 Aphrodite ENT_APHRODITE reception_of Al-Lat ENT_ARA_ALLAT high In Herodotus's interpretatio graeca (Histories 3.8), the Greek understanding of Aphrodite Ourania (Heavenly Aphrodite) was identified with the north Arabian goddess Alilat/Al-Lat — one of the earliest documented Greek-Arabian divine equations. This reflects the ancient perception that Aphrodite Ourania and the Arabian great goddess shared the celestial Venus/morning-star domain. The relationship is consistent with the broader Semitic great goddess complex (Astarte, Inanna/Ishtar, Al-Uzza, Al-Lat) all sharing the Venus star identification. SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES 3.8. Herodotus, Histories (c. 430 BCE) SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES reviewed Pre-Islamic Arabia (Jahiliyyah) PER_ARA_PRE_ISLAMIC

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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]);