entity_id,source_id,evidence_type,source_note ENT_ABUNDANCE,SRC_ELIADE_ER,scholarly attestation,"Cross-traditional concept documented in Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd ed. (Jones 2005)." ENT_ABYSS,SRC_ELIADE_ER,scholarly attestation,"Cross-traditional concept documented in Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd ed. (Jones 2005)." ENT_ACCUSATION,SRC_ELIADE_ER,scholarly attestation,"Cross-traditional concept documented in Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd ed. (Jones 2005)." ENT_ACESO,SRC_SUDA,direct attestation,"Suda (s.v. Epione): Akeso, a healing daughter of Asclepius and Epione." ENT_ACESO,SRC_THEOI_DEIFIED,index attestation,Attested in Theoi Deified Mortals index. ENT_ACESO,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)." ENT_ACHELOOS,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation,"Hesiod, Theogony 337-345 (the river-gods, sons of Oceanus and Tethys; the chief streams named)." ENT_ACHELOOS,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation,Acheloos (Achelous) is named in Iliad XXIV.616 (in Niobe's story) and called upon as a river oath deity; he is invoked alongside the river gods in the formal oath formula; Iliad XXIV.616; also Odyssey references to the river's power ENT_ACHELOOS,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)." ENT_ACHELOOS,SRC_THEOI_POTAMOI,index attestation,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. ENT_ACHELOUS_MINOR,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation,"Hesiod, Theogony 337-345 (the river-gods, sons of Oceanus and Tethys; the chief streams named)." ENT_ACHELOUS_MINOR,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)." ENT_ACHELOUS_MINOR,SRC_THEOI_POTAMOI,index attestation,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. ENT_ACHERON,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation,Odyssey 10.513: the underworld river into which Cocytus and Pyriphlegethon flow. ENT_ACHERON,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)." ENT_ACHERON,SRC_THEOI_UNDERWORLD,index attestation,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. ENT_ACHERON_RIVER,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation,"Hesiod, Theogony 337-345 (the river-gods, sons of Oceanus and Tethys; the chief streams named)." ENT_ACHERON_RIVER,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)." ENT_ACHERON_RIVER,SRC_THEOI_POTAMOI,index attestation,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. ENT_ACHILLES,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 3.13.8; Epitome 3-5; birth from Thetis and Peleus; early life; Trojan War career ENT_ACHILLES,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation,"Achilles is the central hero of the Iliad; his rage (mēnis) is the poem's first word and its subject; he is the son of Peleus and the Nereid Thetis; his divine parentage, his heel, his armor, his friendship with Patroclus, and his death at Paris's hands (aided by Apollo) are all Homeric; Iliad I-XXIV" ENT_ACHILLES,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation,Pausanias documents the hero cult of Achilles: his tomb at Sigeum in the Troad (referenced); cult at Elis (Book 6.23.3); the island of Leuke (White Island) in the Black Sea as his afterlife; his hero shrine at Sparta ENT_ACHILLES,SRC_THEOI_DEIFIED,index attestation,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. ENT_ACHILLES,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)." ENT_ACHLYS,SRC_HESIOD_ASPIS,direct attestation,"Hesiod, Shield 264-270 (Achlys, the Mist of death, wretched and wan, depicted on the shield)." ENT_ACHLYS,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)." ENT_ACHLYS,SRC_THEOI_UNDERWORLD,index attestation,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. ENT_ACTAEA,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation,"Hesiod, Theogony 240-264 (the catalogue of the Nereids, daughters of Nereus and Doris)." ENT_ACTAEA,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation,Named in the Iliad XVIII.41 Nereid catalog assembled to mourn with Thetis ENT_ACTAEA,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)." ENT_ACTAEA,SRC_THEOI_SEA,index attestation,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. ENT_ADIKIA,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation,"Pausanias 5.18.2: on the Chest of Cypselus, Dike throttles the ugly Adikia (Injustice)." ENT_ADIKIA,SRC_THEOI_DAIMONES,index attestation,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. ENT_ADIKIA,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)." ENT_ADONIS,SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV,scholarly attestation,"Burkert (1992) pp. 97-100: the Adonis cult as the Greek reception of the Dumuzi/Tammuz dying-and-rising deity tradition, transmitted via Phoenician mediation through Cyprus; the name ""Adonis"" itself from Phoenician adon (""lord""); primary scholarly documentation of this transmission" ENT_ADONIS,SRC_THEOI_AGRICULTURE,index attestation,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. ENT_ADONIS,SRC_THEOI_GODS,index attestation,Attested in Theoi Greek Gods category index. ENT_ADONIS,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)." ENT_ADONIS_HERO,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library/Epitome (the standard mythographic compendium of the Greek heroes)." ENT_ADONIS_HERO,SRC_THEOI_DEIFIED,index attestation,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. ENT_ADONIS_HERO,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)." ENT_ADRASTEIA,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library 1.1.6-7 (Adrasteia nurses the infant Zeus)." ENT_ADRASTEIA,SRC_THEOI_GODS,index attestation,Attested in Theoi Greek Gods category index. ENT_ADRASTEIA,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)." ENT_ADRASTEIA_NYMPH,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library (genealogy of the nymph)." ENT_ADRASTEIA_NYMPH,SRC_THEOI_GODS,index attestation,Attested in Theoi Greek Gods category index. ENT_ADRASTEIA_NYMPH,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)." ENT_ADRASTEIA_NYMPH,SRC_THEOI_NYMPHS,index attestation,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. ENT_AEACUS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 3.12.6; son of Zeus and Aegina; king of the Myrmidons; father of Peleus and Telamon; judge of the dead ENT_AEACUS,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation,Aeacus is named in the Iliad as the father of Peleus and grandfather of Achilles (Iliad XXI.189); he is mentioned as a son of Zeus and the nymph Aegina; his role as underworld judge postdates Homer ENT_AEACUS,SRC_THEOI_DEIFIED,index attestation,Attested in Theoi Deified Mortals index. ENT_AEACUS,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)." ENT_AEACUS,SRC_THEOI_UNDERWORLD,index attestation,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. ENT_AEACUS_HERO,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library/Epitome (the standard mythographic compendium of the Greek heroes)." ENT_AEACUS_HERO,SRC_THEOI_DEIFIED,index attestation,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. ENT_AEACUS_HERO,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)." ENT_AEGINA,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library (genealogy of the nymph)." ENT_AEGINA,SRC_THEOI_GODS,index attestation,Attested in Theoi Greek Gods category index. ENT_AEGINA,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)." ENT_AEGINA,SRC_THEOI_NYMPHS,index attestation,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. ENT_AEGLE_HESPERID,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library 2.5.11 (the named Hesperides: Aigle, Erytheia, Hesperia, Arethusa)." ENT_AEGLE_HESPERID,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)." ENT_AEGLE_HESPERID,SRC_THEOI_NYMPHS,index attestation,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. ENT_AENEAS_GREEK_RECEPTION,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library/Epitome (the standard mythographic compendium of the Greek heroes)." ENT_AENEAS_GREEK_RECEPTION,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation,A protagonist of the Homeric epics. ENT_AENEAS_GREEK_RECEPTION,SRC_THEOI_DEIFIED,index attestation,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. ENT_AENEAS_GREEK_RECEPTION,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)." ENT_AEOLUS,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation,"Aeolus (Keeper of the Winds) has a major Odyssey episode (Book X.1-79): Odysseus visits his floating island, receives a bag containing all the winds; the crew opens it, releasing the winds and blowing them back to Aeolus who refuses further help; Odyssey X.1-79" ENT_AEOLUS,SRC_THEOI_GODS,index attestation,Attested in Theoi Greek Gods category index. ENT_AEOLUS,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)." ENT_AESAR,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation,"Hesiod, Theogony 337-345 (the river-gods, sons of Oceanus and Tethys; the chief streams named)." ENT_AESAR,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)." ENT_AESAR,SRC_THEOI_POTAMOI,index attestation,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. ENT_AESEPUS,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation,"Hesiod, Theogony 337-345 (the river-gods, sons of Oceanus and Tethys; the chief streams named)." ENT_AESEPUS,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation,"Named among the rivers of the Troad and the wider Iliad (e.g. Il. 12.20-22, 21)." ENT_AESEPUS,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)." ENT_AESEPUS,SRC_THEOI_POTAMOI,index attestation,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. ENT_AETHER,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation,"Theogony 124-125: Aether (the upper, bright air) is born of Erebus and Nyx; the bright uppermost layer of the cosmos above the clouds; Hesiod is the primary ancient text establishing Aether as a named cosmological entity distinct from aer (ordinary air)" ENT_AETHER,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation,"Aether (the bright upper air of the gods) is distinguished from the dark aer (lower air) in Homer; Zeus dwells in the aether; Iliad II.412, XIV.288; the gods breathe aether rather than air" ENT_AETHER,SRC_ORPHIC_HYMNS,direct attestation,"Hymned in the Orphic Hymns (Nyx H.3, Ouranos H.4, Aether H.5)." ENT_AETHER,SRC_THEOI_GODS,index attestation,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. ENT_AETHER,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)." ENT_AETHRA_OCEANID,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation,"Hesiod, Theogony 346-366 (the catalogue and genealogy of the Oceanids, daughters of Oceanus and Tethys)." ENT_AETHRA_OCEANID,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)." ENT_AETHRA_OCEANID,SRC_THEOI_NYMPHS,index attestation,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. ENT_AGANIPPE,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation,"Pausanias 9.29.5: the spring Aganippe on Helicon, by the grove of the Muses." ENT_AGANIPPE,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)." ENT_AGANIPPE,SRC_THEOI_NYMPHS,index attestation,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. ENT_AGATHOS_DAIMON,SRC_ARISTOPHANES_KNIGHTS,direct attestation,"Aristophanes, Knights 85: the libation of unmixed wine to the Agathos Daimon (Good Spirit)." ENT_AGATHOS_DAIMON,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)." ENT_AGATHOS_DAIMON,SRC_THEOI_UNDERWORLD,index attestation,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. ENT_AGLAIA,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation,"Hesiod, Theogony 907-911 (Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, daughters of Zeus and Eurynome)." ENT_AGLAIA,SRC_THEOI_GODS,index attestation,Attested in Theoi Greek Gods category index. ENT_AGLAIA,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)." ENT_AGRICULTURE,SRC_ELIADE_ER,scholarly attestation,"Cross-traditional concept documented in Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd ed. (Jones 2005)." ENT_AIDOS,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation,"Works and Days 197-201: in Hesiod's description of the Iron Age's final degeneration, Aidos (Shame/Reverence) and Nemesis will wrap themselves in white robes and leave the earth for Olympus, abandoning humanity entirely; this will be the definitive sign that the end of the human moral order has come; Hesiod is the primary ancient source for Aidos as a divine entity whose presence on earth is constitutive of moral civilization" ENT_AIDOS,SRC_HESIOD_WORKS_DAYS,direct attestation,"Hesiod, Works and Days 197-201 (Aidos and Nemesis abandon humankind in the Iron Age)." ENT_AIDOS,SRC_THEOI_DAIMONES,index attestation,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. ENT_AIDOS,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)." ENT_AJAX,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library Epitome 5.4-7; Ajax at Troy; the judgment of the arms; his madness and suicide