entity_id,source_id,evidence_type,source_note
ENT_BENDIS,SRC_ARCHIBALD_ODRYSIAN,scholarly attestation,"Archibald (1998) ch. 8: Bendis in Athens; the official state decree establishing the Bendideia by 429 BCE; Piraeus cult location; Thracian iconography (twin torches, hunting gear)."
ENT_BENDIS,SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES,direct attestation,"Herodotus 5.7: the three Thracian gods include Artemis — scholarship identifies this with Bendis in the Athenian reception context. Herodotus writing c. 430 BCE, contemporary with the Bendideia decree."
ENT_BENDIS,SRC_PLATO_REPUBLIC,direct attestation,"Republic 327a: Plato opens the dialogue at the Piraeus Bendideia festival, explicitly naming Bendis as ""the goddess."" Confirms the official Athenian state festival and its recent establishment. The most widely cited literary attestation of the Bendis cult."
ENT_BENDIS,SRC_THEOI_GODS,index attestation,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.
ENT_BENDIS,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)."