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)'}

23 rows where subject_entity_id = "ENT_APOLLO"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
10 Apollo ENT_APOLLO slays Python ENT_PYTHON high Apollo defeats Python at Delphi. Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS reviewed  
11 Apollo ENT_APOLLO parent_of Asclepius ENT_ASCLEPIUS high Asclepius is son of Apollo. Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS reviewed  
429 Apollo ENT_APOLLO patron_of Music ENT_MUSIC high Apollo is a major Greek god of music. Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS reviewed  
1392 Apollo ENT_APOLLO received_as Apollyon ENT_CHR_APOLLYON high Revelation 9:11 names the angel of the bottomless pit "Apollyon" (Ἀπολλύων, "Destroyer"), a transparent Greek wordplay on Apollo (Ἀπόλλων). The identification would have been unmistakable to Greek-speaking audiences: the great healing and oracular god becomes the angel of destruction and the abyss. Justin Martyr (1 Apol. 24) explicitly lists Apollo among the gods who are demons. The Apollo→Apollyon chain is the single most textually specific Olympian demonization in the New Testament. Justin Martyr, First and Second Apologies (c. 150–165 CE) SRC_JUSTIN_MARTYR_APOLOGIES reviewed Patristic Period PER_PATRISTIC
1533 Apollo ENT_APOLLO reception_of Resheph ENT_CAN_RESHEPH medium Apollo as the Greek reception of the Levantine Resheph plague-deity complex; Cypriot bilingual inscriptions explicitly equate the two; bow-and-arrow plague, dual send/avert function, and Cypriot cult are the transmission vectors. Martin L. West, The East Face of Helicon: West Asiatic Elements in Greek Poetry and Myth (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997) SRC_WEST_EAST_HELICON reviewed Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC
1742 Apollo ENT_APOLLO parent_of Ion ENT_ION high Pseudo-Apollodorus Library 1.7.3: Apollo and Creusa parents of Ion. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY approved  
1857 Apollo ENT_APOLLO parent_of Aristaeus Hero ENT_ARISTAEUS_HERO high Pseudo-Apollodorus Library 3.4.4: Apollo and Cyrene parents of Aristaeus, hero of beekeeping, cheesemaking, and olive-growing. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY approved  
1858 Apollo ENT_APOLLO parent_of Asclepius Hero ENT_ASCLEPIUS_HERO high Pseudo-Apollodorus Library 3.10.3: Apollo and Coronis parents of Asclepius; this entity records the hero/mortal aspect of Asclepius before deification. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY approved  
1859 Apollo ENT_APOLLO parent_of Mopsus ENT_MOPSUS high Apollodorus and later tradition: Mopsus the seer was son of Apollo (and Manto of Thebes in one account), inheriting prophetic gifts from his divine father. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY approved  
1860 Apollo ENT_APOLLO paired_with Hyacinthus ENT_HYACINTHUS high Pseudo-Apollodorus Library 3.10.3: Apollo loved Hyacinthus; the youth died when Zephyrus (or a discus) struck him, and the hyacinth flower sprang from his blood. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY approved  
1988 Apollo ENT_APOLLO patron_of Cassandra ENT_CASSANDRA high Pseudo-Apollodorus Library 3.12.5: Apollo gave Cassandra the gift of prophecy; when she refused him, he made it so no one would believe her. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY approved  
1989 Apollo ENT_APOLLO patron_of Tiresias ENT_TIRESIAS high Tiresias received prophetic vision from Apollo (or Zeus) as compensation for his blindness; he is the central prophetic figure across the Theban and underworld traditions (Odyssey 11.90-151; Sophocles Oedipus Rex). 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  
1990 Apollo ENT_APOLLO patron_of Calchas ENT_CALCHAS high Homer Iliad 1.69-100: Calchas, best of seers, declares he knows "the things that are, the things that will be, and the things that were before" through the prophetic gifts granted by Phoibos Apollo. 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  
1991 Apollo ENT_APOLLO patron_of Amphiaraus ENT_AMPHIARAUS high Pseudo-Apollodorus Library 3.6.4: Amphiaraus the seer-hero received prophetic gifts; his oracle at Oropus was later associated with Apollo. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY approved  
1992 Apollo ENT_APOLLO patron_of Manto ENT_MANTO high Manto, daughter of Tiresias, was dedicated to Apollo and served at his oracles at Delphi and Claros; the prophetic tradition passed from Tiresias to Manto and to her son Mopsus. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY approved  
1994 Apollo ENT_APOLLO patron_of Melampus ENT_MELAMPUS high Pseudo-Apollodorus Library 1.9.11: Melampus the first mortal prophet received the gift of prophecy; tradition associates his gift with Apollo, who taught him the art. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY approved  
1997 Apollo ENT_APOLLO parent_of Trophonius ENT_TROPHONIUS high Pseudo-Apollodorus Library: Trophonius is son of Apollo (or Erginos) in the tradition; he operated the oracle at Lebadeia in Boeotia, a distinctive descent-oracle. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY approved  
2057 Apollo ENT_APOLLO paired_with Daphne ENT_DAPHNE high Pseudo-Apollodorus Library 1.4.1: Apollo fell in love with Daphne; she fled and was transformed into a laurel tree; the laurel became sacred to Apollo. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY approved  
2063 Apollo ENT_APOLLO parent_of Aristaeus ENT_ARISTAEUS high Pseudo-Apollodorus Library 3.4.4: Aristaeus the culture hero of beekeeping and cheesemaking is son of Apollo and Cyrene. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY approved  
2065 Apollo ENT_APOLLO parent_of Linus ENT_LINUS high Pseudo-Apollodorus Library 1.3.2: Linos the music hero is son of Apollo (and one of the Muses, or Urania). Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY approved  
2066 Apollo ENT_APOLLO parent_of Hymenaios ENT_HYMENAIOS medium In one tradition, Hymenaios (the marriage song personified) is son of Apollo; he embodies the wedding ceremony. Theoi Daemones/personifications index SRC_THEOI_DAIMONES approved  
2251 Apollo ENT_APOLLO opposes Marsyas ENT_MARSYAS high Pseudo-Apollodorus Library 1.4.2: Marsyas, a Phrygian satyr, found Athena's discarded aulos and learned to play it; he challenged Apollo to a music contest. Apollo won, and flayed Marsyas alive, hanging his skin on a pine tree. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY approved  
2256 Apollo ENT_APOLLO patron_of Sibyl ENT_SIBYL high The Sibyls (notably the Cumaean Sibyl) prophesy through the gift of Apollo; Ovid Metamorphoses 14.130-155 tells how Apollo offered the Sibyl anything she wished and she chose long life. Apollo is the source and patron of sibylline prophecy. Ovid, Fasti SRC_OVID_FASTI approved  

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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]);