entity_id,source_id,evidence_type,source_note
ENT_HERACLES,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 2.4.8-2.7.8; the twelve labors and complete heroic career; the fullest ancient systematic account
ENT_HERACLES,SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV,scholarly attestation,"Burkert (1992) pp. 76-90: Heracles as the primary Greek hero who shows structural parallels with Gilgamesh; the lion-skin, the divine companion (Iolaus parallel to Enkidu), the Labors as monster-slaying, the quest for immortality; Burkert is cautious about direct transmission but documents the contact"
ENT_HERACLES,SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES,direct attestation,"Histories 2.44: Herodotus explicitly distinguishes the Greek Heracles from the Phoenician Melqart; he claims to have visited the ancient temple of Heracles at Tyre (two sacred pillars, one gold, one emerald); 2.145: Heracles is placed in a much earlier genealogical stratum than the Greek tradition allows, establishing him as a universal ancient hero"
ENT_HERACLES,SRC_HOMERIC_HYMNS,direct attestation,"HH 15 (To Heracles the Lion-Hearted): a short hymn celebrating Heracles as the son of Zeus and Alcmene, born at Thebes; ""most valiant of earthly men""; he wandered over all the earth performing his great labors and now dwells on Olympus with Hebe as his wife"
ENT_HERACLES,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation,"Heracles is mentioned extensively in both epics as the greatest Greek hero; Iliad V.638-643 (sack of Troy), VIII.362-369 (his labors including Cerberus), XV.18-30 (his suffering at Hera's hands); Odyssey XI.601-626 (Odysseus sees his shade in the underworld); throughout both epics"
ENT_HERACLES,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation,"Pausanias documents Heracles' hero shrines throughout Greece: at Athens, Thebes (Book 9.11.1-2), Olympia, and Peloponnesus; the Herakleia festival; his cult was the most widespread hero cult in the ancient world"
ENT_HERACLES,SRC_THEOI_DEIFIED,index attestation,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.
ENT_HERACLES,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)."