entity_id,source_id,evidence_type,source_note
ENT_POSEIDON,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 1.1.5; received dominion of the sea after the lottery; contest for Athens with Athena; father of many monsters
ENT_POSEIDON,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation,Theogony 454-456: Poseidon is a son of Kronos and Rhea; his cosmic role as ruler of the seas is established by Zeus's distribution of domains after the Titanomachy (Theogony 73); he was swallowed by Kronos with his siblings and released by Zeus; Hesiod is the primary genealogical source for Poseidon as an Olympian
ENT_POSEIDON,SRC_HOMERIC_HYMNS,direct attestation,"HH 22 (To Poseidon): addresses Poseidon as the great god, holder of the earth and barren sea, shaker of the earth and fruitful lord of Helicon and wide Aegae; establishes his domains of earth-shaking, sea-ruling, and horse-taming"
ENT_POSEIDON,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation,"Poseidon actively favors the Greeks; he appears in his underwater palace (Iliad XIII) and physically fights in the divine battle; his enmity with Odysseus drives the Odyssey's delays; Iliad VII, XIII-XIV, XX-XXI; Odyssey I, V, XIII"
ENT_POSEIDON,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation,Pausanias documents the sanctuary of Poseidon at the Isthmus of Corinth (Book 2.1-2) and his contest with Athena for Athens (Book 1.24.3); also Poseidon Hippios (horse-Poseidon) shrines throughout
ENT_POSEIDON,SRC_THEOI_GODS,index attestation,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.
ENT_POSEIDON,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)."