entity_id,source_id,evidence_type,source_note
ENT_THRA_ZALMOXIS,SRC_ARCHIBALD_ODRYSIAN,scholarly attestation,Archibald (1998) pp. 299-301: Zalmoxis in the context of Getae religion; the problem of Gebeleizis; comparison with Orphic and Pythagorean mystery traditions; shaman-king interpretations.
ENT_THRA_ZALMOXIS,SRC_ELIADE_ER,scholarly attestation,"Encyclopedia of Religion, ""Zalmoxis"" entry: the shaman-king interpretation (Eliade 1970); comparison with Orpheus; Zalmoxis as paradigmatic mystery-initiation figure of Eastern Europe."
ENT_THRA_ZALMOXIS,SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES,direct attestation,"Herodotus 4.94-96: the longest ancient account of Zalmoxis — the Getae belief in immortality, the four-year messenger ritual, and the Greek rationalist alternative of Zalmoxis as former slave of Pythagoras. Primary and most detailed attestation; Herodotus himself is sceptical of the Greek version."