entity_id,source_id,evidence_type,source_note
ENT_HERMES,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 3.10.2; son of Zeus and Maia; inventor of the lyre; psychopomp function; role in the Trojan cycle
ENT_HERMES,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation,Theogony 938-939: Hermes is born of Zeus and the nymph Maia (daughter of Atlas); Hesiod provides the genealogical placement as son of the youngest daughter of Atlas; the Homeric Hymn to Hermes (HH 4) gives the full birth and infant-trickster narrative; Hesiod establishes the lineage
ENT_HERMES,SRC_HOMERIC_HYMNS,direct attestation,"HH 4 (To Hermes): the most narrative Homeric Hymn; narrates the infant Hermes stealing Apollo's cattle, inventing the lyre from a tortoise-shell, and eventually exchanging the lyre with Apollo to receive the caduceus and the role of messenger; the foundational text for Hermes' role as trickster, inventor, and divine intermediary"
ENT_HERMES,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation,"Hermes escorts Priam through the Greek camp to ransom Hector's body (Iliad XXIV); in the Odyssey he delivers Zeus's commands to Calypso (Od. V) and escorts the dead suitors to Hades (Od. XXIV); Iliad XXIV; Odyssey V, X, XXIV"
ENT_HERMES,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation,"Pausanias documents the Hermes cult at various sites: herm statues throughout Athens, the sanctuary at Pheneos (Book 8.14.10), and the early Arcadian Hermes cults; also Hermes Kriophoros (ram-bearer) at Tanagra"
ENT_HERMES,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)."
ENT_HERMES,SRC_THEOI_UNDERWORLD,index attestation,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.