entity_id,source_id,evidence_type,source_note
ENT_GRR_ELYSIUM,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,primary text attestation,attestation
ENT_GRR_FIELDS_PUNISHMENT,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,primary text attestation,attestation
ENT_GRR_MOURNING_FIELDS,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,primary text attestation,attestation
ENT_GRR_PLAIN_LETHE,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,primary text attestation,attestation
ENT_GRR_UNDERWORLD,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,primary text attestation,attestation
ENT_ITA_FAUNUS,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation,Aeneid 7.81-106: Faunus as oracle and father/ancestor of Latinus.
ENT_ITA_PICUS,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation,"Aeneid 7.48: ""Fauno Picus pater"" — Picus as father of Faunus; 7.171-191: Picus in the Latin genealogy."
ENT_ROM_APOLLO,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation,Apollo appears at Aeneid 3.73-98 (oracle at Delos); 6.9-12 (Cumae/Sibyl); 9.638-663 (Apollo commends Ascanius in battle). The Aeneid reflects Augustus's special patronage of Apollo.
ENT_ROM_BACCHUS,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation,Bacchus/Liber appears in Aeneid 6.805 (among Rome's divine founders); 7.385-391 (Amata's Bacchic frenzy). The Aeneid attests Bacchus as civic deity as well as god of ecstatic rites.
ENT_ROM_CERES,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation,Ceres invoked at Aeneid 4.58-59 (Dido's wedding rites); 6.479 (underworld context). Grain goddess role attested in ritual contexts throughout.
ENT_ROM_DIANA,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation,"Diana appears as model of beauty (Aeneid 1.498-502, simile for Dido); Camilla is her dedicated huntress and warrior (11.532-596, 11.836-867). The Aeneid is a major source for Diana's warrior-huntress aspect."
ENT_ROM_GENIUS,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation,Genius of the place (genius loci); Aeneid 7.136 (genius of the River Tiber); 8.62-65 (Tiber appears as the genius of the river). Roman genius theology implicit throughout.
ENT_ROM_JANUS,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation,Janus appears at 7.179-182 (palace of Latinus has statue of Janus) and 7.607-615 (the gates of Janus opened to declare war). Virgil is our primary literary source for the ritual function of the Janus gates.
ENT_ROM_JUNO,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation,Juno is the primary divine antagonist of the Aeneid; opposes Aeneas throughout. Key passages: 1.4-7 (her hatred); 1.65-80 (commands Aeolus to raise storm); 7.286-340 (summons Allecto); 12.791-842 (Zeus compels her withdrawal). Aeneid grounds Roman understanding of Juno as implacable queen of heaven.
ENT_ROM_JUPITER,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation,"Jupiter guarantees Rome's destiny to Juno (1.257-296: the ""fates' will"" speech); sends Mercury to Carthage (4.222-278); adjudicates the final battle (12.791-842). The Aeneid's Jupiter is the normative image of Jupiter as universal sovereign for the Roman literary tradition."
ENT_ROM_LARES,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation,Lares appear throughout; Aeneid 5.744 (household Lares invoked); the Lares/Penates distinction is foundational to the Aeneid's theology of Roman household religion.
ENT_ROM_MARS,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation,Mars is father of Romulus (implied throughout the Aeneid's Trojan-to-Roman arc); patron of war; 1.274-277 (Romulus destined to found Rome); 9.717 (invoked in battle). The Aeneid reinforces Mars's role as divine ancestor of the Roman people.
ENT_ROM_MERCURY,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation,"Mercury delivers Jupiter's command to Aeneas to leave Carthage (4.222-278, 4.554-570). Depicted with caduceus, winged sandals, and hat; the most vivid Hermes/Mercury description in Latin literature."
ENT_ROM_MINERVA,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation,Minerva's wrath for the desecration of her temple during the sack of Troy pervades the Aeneid (2.615; 11.483); she favors the Greeks and opposes Aeneas. Aeneid 2.615 confirms her role as destroyer of Troy.
ENT_ROM_NEPTUNE,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation,Neptune calms the storm raised by Aeolus (1.124-156); provides passage for Aeneas (5.779-826). Aeneid 1.142-156 contains the famous simile of Neptune as statesman calming a mob.
ENT_ROM_PENATES,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation,The Penates appear in Aeneid 2.293-295 (Hector's ghost tells Aeneas to take the Penates); 2.717 (Aeneas carries them from Troy); 3.148-171 (the Penates appear to Aeneas in a dream to direct him to Italy). The Aeneid is the primary source for the Trojan origin of the Roman Penates.
ENT_ROM_PLUTO,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation,Pluto/Dis Pater rules the underworld visited by Aeneas in Book 6; 6.127-131 (golden bough required to enter); 6.269-272 (gate of Dis). Aeneid Book 6 is a foundational text for Roman underworld topography.
ENT_ROM_PROSERPINA,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation,Proserpina receives the golden bough (Aeneid 6.141-142); consort of Pluto in the Roman underworld. 6.397-401 (Charon's realm). Central to Aeneid Book 6 as queen of the dead.
ENT_ROM_SATURN,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation,Saturn ruled Latium in the Golden Age (Aeneid 8.319-327: Evander's account); Saturn's Hill = the Capitol; his name gives Saturnia to Juno's cult title. Aeneid 8 is the key text for the Roman Golden Age of Saturn.
ENT_ROM_VENUS,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation,Venus is Aeneas's divine mother and protector; appears in Aeneid 1.314-409 (disguised as huntress); 2.589-623 (reveals the gods destroying Troy); 8.370-416 (commissions Vulcan to forge Aeneas's armor). Central to the Aeneid's Julii family theology.
ENT_ROM_VESTA,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation,Vesta appears in Aeneid 2.296-297 (Aeneas rescues her sacred fire from Troy); 2.567-569; 5.744. The Aeneid grounds the Trojan origin of the Roman Vestal fire.
ENT_ROM_VULCAN,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation,"Vulcan forges the Shield of Aeneas (Aeneid 8.370-625, the ekphrasis of Roman history on the shield). One of the most elaborate descriptions of Vulcan/Hephaestus as divine smith in any ancient text."
ENT_TRIVIA,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation,"Virgil, Aeneid 6.13, 7.516 (Trivia, the Roman Hecate of the crossroads)."