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_ATHENA"

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ENT_ATHENA,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation Athena ENT_ATHENA Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY scholarly attestation Library 1.3.6; born from Zeus's head fully armed; contest with Poseidon for Athens
ENT_ATHENA,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation Athena ENT_ATHENA Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY direct attestation Theogony 886-900, 924-926: the most important birth narrative in the Theogony; Zeus swallowed Metis when she was pregnant; at the right moment Athena sprang fully armed and shouting from Zeus's head; Hesiod is the primary ancient text for the Athena-born-of-Zeus's-head myth, which became the standard account; he also names Athena as "the gleaming-eyed goddess, tireless, mighty" (925)
ENT_ATHENA,SRC_HOMERIC_HYMNS,direct attestation Athena ENT_ATHENA Homeric Hymns (7th-5th century BCE); trans. M.L. West, Homeric Hymns (Loeb Classical Library 496, Harvard 2003) SRC_HOMERIC_HYMNS direct attestation HH 11 (To Athena) and HH 28 (To Athena): the longer HH 28 narrates her birth from Zeus's head fully armed; she shakes Olympus with her weapons; the gods are awestruck; the hymns establish her war-goddess and wisdom aspects as central cult attributes
ENT_ATHENA,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation Athena ENT_ATHENA 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 Athena is the most active Olympian in both epics: she inspires Achilles (Iliad I), fights beside Diomedes (Iliad V), guides Odysseus throughout the Odyssey; Iliad I, V, VI, XV, XVIII-XXII; Odyssey I, III, XIII-XXIV
ENT_ATHENA,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation Athena ENT_ATHENA 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 devotes extensive coverage to the Acropolis of Athens (Book 1.22-28): the Parthenon, the chryselephantine statue of Athena Parthenos by Pheidias, the Erechtheion, and the Athena Promachos; also Athena Alea at Tegea (Book 8.45-47)
ENT_ATHENA,SRC_THEOI_GODS,index attestation Athena ENT_ATHENA Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS index attestation Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.
ENT_ATHENA,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation Athena ENT_ATHENA 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]);