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.

Data license: MIT · Data source: jebboone/deitydb

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_CRONUS"

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ENT_CRONUS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation Cronus ENT_CRONUS Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY scholarly attestation Library 1.1.3-1.2.1; castrates Ouranos; swallows his children; overthrown by Zeus in the Titanomachy
ENT_CRONUS,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation Cronus ENT_CRONUS Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY direct attestation Theogony 137-138, 453-506: Cronus (Kronos; here the stub entity ENT_CRONUS distinct from the developed ENT_KRONOS) is the youngest and most terrible Titan; he castrates his father Ouranos with the adamantine sickle Gaia fashioned; he swallows each of his own children to prevent being overthrown; his defeat by Zeus and imprisonment in Tartarus; Hesiod is the primary ancient narrative source
ENT_CRONUS,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation Cronus ENT_CRONUS 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 Kronos/Cronus is named throughout as Zeus's father and the deposed king of the gods; Zeus is consistently called "son of Kronos" (Kronion); Kronos is imprisoned in Tartarus; Iliad I.503, VIII.13, XIV.203, etc.; throughout both epics
ENT_CRONUS,SRC_THEOI_GODS,index attestation Cronus ENT_CRONUS Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS index attestation Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.
ENT_CRONUS,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation Cronus ENT_CRONUS 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]);