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'}

7 rows where entity_id = "ENT_ARES"

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ENT_ARES,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation Ares ENT_ARES Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY scholarly attestation Library 1.3.1; son of Zeus and Hera; father of Eros in some traditions; Otus and Ephialtes story
ENT_ARES,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation Ares ENT_ARES Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY direct attestation Theogony 921-923: Ares is born of Zeus and Hera; the Theogony names him alongside Hebe and Eileithyia as the children of the king and queen of the gods; his characterization as the god of war develops in Homer and later tradition; Hesiod provides the genealogical foundation
ENT_ARES,SRC_HOMERIC_HYMNS,direct attestation Ares ENT_ARES Homeric Hymns (7th-5th century BCE); trans. M.L. West, Homeric Hymns (Loeb Classical Library 496, Harvard 2003) SRC_HOMERIC_HYMNS direct attestation HH 8 (To Ares): a short but notable hymn addressing Ares as "exceeding in strength, driving the chariot, gold-helmeted, doughty in heart, shield-bearer, savior of cities"; the most direct ancient hymnic address to Ares; possibly a late addition to the Homeric Hymn corpus
ENT_ARES,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation Ares ENT_ARES 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 Ares fights for Troy and is wounded by Diomedes with Athena's help (Iliad V.825-906); he is portrayed as the god of war-madness, distinguished from Athena's strategic warfare; Iliad V, XIII, XV
ENT_ARES,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation Ares ENT_ARES 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 describes the Temple of Ares in the Athenian Agora (Book 1.8.4) and Ares cults at Sparta (where he was bound in chains) and Geronthrai
ENT_ARES,SRC_THEOI_GODS,index attestation Ares ENT_ARES Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS index attestation Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.
ENT_ARES,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation Ares ENT_ARES 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]);