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_BENDIS"

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ENT_BENDIS,SRC_ARCHIBALD_ODRYSIAN,scholarly attestation Bendis ENT_BENDIS Zosia H. Archibald, The Odrysian Kingdom of Thrace: Orpheus Unmasked (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1998) SRC_ARCHIBALD_ODRYSIAN scholarly attestation Archibald (1998) ch. 8: Bendis in Athens; the official state decree establishing the Bendideia by 429 BCE; Piraeus cult location; Thracian iconography (twin torches, hunting gear).
ENT_BENDIS,SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES,direct attestation Bendis ENT_BENDIS Herodotus, Histories (c. 430 BCE) SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES direct attestation Herodotus 5.7: the three Thracian gods include Artemis — scholarship identifies this with Bendis in the Athenian reception context. Herodotus writing c. 430 BCE, contemporary with the Bendideia decree.
ENT_BENDIS,SRC_PLATO_REPUBLIC,direct attestation Bendis ENT_BENDIS Plato, Republic (c. 375 BCE) 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.
ENT_BENDIS,SRC_THEOI_GODS,index attestation Bendis ENT_BENDIS Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS index attestation Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.
ENT_BENDIS,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation Bendis ENT_BENDIS 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]);