Entity Sources

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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evidence_type
{'description': 'e.g. Direct attestation, Secondary analysis, Epigraphic, Numismatic'}
source_note
{'description': 'Specific passage citations and notes on how this source attests the entity'}

5 rows where entity_id = "ENT_AJAX"

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ENT_AJAX,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation Ajax ENT_AJAX Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY scholarly attestation Library Epitome 5.4-7; Ajax at Troy; the judgment of the arms; his madness and suicide
ENT_AJAX,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation Ajax ENT_AJAX Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY direct attestation Ajax (Aias the Greater) is the second-greatest Greek warrior after Achilles; he fights Hector to a draw (Iliad VII), defends the ships (Iliad XII-XVI), and is prominent in the funeral games; Iliad VII, XI-XII, XV-XVII, XXIII
ENT_AJAX,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation Ajax ENT_AJAX Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION direct attestation Pausanias documents the hero shrine of Ajax on Salamis (Book 1.35.3-5) and describes the statue and cult; he records traditions about the discovery of his bones; Salamis was his primary cult center
ENT_AJAX,SRC_THEOI_DEIFIED,index attestation Ajax ENT_AJAX Theoi Deified Mortals index SRC_THEOI_DEIFIED index attestation Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.
ENT_AJAX,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation Ajax ENT_AJAX Theoi Project main index SRC_THEOI_HOME index attestation Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature).

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CREATE TABLE "entity_sources" (
   [entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [source_id] TEXT REFERENCES [sources]([source_id]),
   [evidence_type] TEXT,
   [source_note] TEXT,
   PRIMARY KEY ([entity_id], [source_id], [evidence_type])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_sources_source_id]
    ON [entity_sources] ([source_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_sources_entity_id]
    ON [entity_sources] ([entity_id]);