entity_sources: ENT_BENDIS, SRC_PLATO_REPUBLIC, direct attestation

2,936 links between entities and the sources that attest them, with evidence type and passage-level notes. The primary evidence layer: every entity classification traces to at least one record here.

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entity_id	source_id	evidence_type	source_note
ENT_BENDIS	SRC_PLATO_REPUBLIC	direct attestation	Republic 327a: Plato opens the dialogue at the Piraeus Bendideia festival, explicitly naming Bendis as "the goddess." Confirms the official Athenian state festival and its recent establishment. The most widely cited literary attestation of the Bendis cult.