entity_id,source_id,evidence_type,source_note
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)."