entity_id,source_id,evidence_type,source_note
ENT_DEMETER,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,"Library 1.5.1-3; abduction of Persephone, famine, and the Eleusinian Mysteries foundation"
ENT_DEMETER,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation,"Theogony 454, 912-914: Demeter is a daughter of Kronos and Rhea; she bore Persephone to Zeus; Hesiod provides the genealogical framework; the Homeric Hymn to Demeter (separately attested) gives the full Persephone-abduction narrative; Hesiod's Theogony establishes Demeter's divine lineage and her role as mother of Persephone"
ENT_DEMETER,SRC_HOMERIC_HYMNS,direct attestation,"HH 2 (To Demeter): the longest and most theologically significant Homeric Hymn; narrates the abduction of Persephone by Hades, Demeter's grief and wandering, her sojourn at Eleusis, the famine, and the institution of the Eleusinian Mysteries; the primary foundation text for the Eleusinian Mysteries"
ENT_DEMETER,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation,"Demeter is mentioned in the Iliad as the golden-haired grain goddess (Il. II.696, V.500, XIII.322, XXI.76); her union with Iasion in Crete is narrated in the Odyssey (Od. V.125); she does not play a narrative role in either epic"
ENT_DEMETER,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation,"Pausanias visits Eleusis and provides the most detailed ancient description of the sanctuary of Demeter and Kore and the Eleusinian Mysteries (Book 1.37-38); he cannot reveal the secret rites but describes the sanctuary structures, monuments, and public myth; the primary ancient source for the physical site"
ENT_DEMETER,SRC_THEOI_AGRICULTURE,index attestation,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.
ENT_DEMETER,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)."