entity_sources: ENT_ELPIS, SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY, 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_ELPIS	SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY	direct attestation	Works and Days 94-98: when Pandora opens the storage jar, all the evils fly out into the world; only Elpis (Hope) remains inside under the jar's lip — "for the lid of the great jar stopped her before she could fly out"; Hesiod is the ONLY ancient source that names Elpis in this role; the ambiguity of whether Hope remaining in the jar is good (hope stays with humanity) or evil (humanity is deceived by vain hope) is a productive ancient interpretive problem