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_DEMETER"

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ENT_DEMETER,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation Demeter ENT_DEMETER Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY scholarly attestation Library 1.5.1-3; abduction of Persephone, famine, and the Eleusinian Mysteries foundation
ENT_DEMETER,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation Demeter ENT_DEMETER Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY direct attestation Theogony 454, 912-914: Demeter is a daughter of Kronos and Rhea; she bore Persephone to Zeus; Hesiod provides the genealogical framework; the Homeric Hymn to Demeter (separately attested) gives the full Persephone-abduction narrative; Hesiod's Theogony establishes Demeter's divine lineage and her role as mother of Persephone
ENT_DEMETER,SRC_HOMERIC_HYMNS,direct attestation Demeter ENT_DEMETER Homeric Hymns (7th-5th century BCE); trans. M.L. West, Homeric Hymns (Loeb Classical Library 496, Harvard 2003) SRC_HOMERIC_HYMNS direct attestation HH 2 (To Demeter): the longest and most theologically significant Homeric Hymn; narrates the abduction of Persephone by Hades, Demeter's grief and wandering, her sojourn at Eleusis, the famine, and the institution of the Eleusinian Mysteries; the primary foundation text for the Eleusinian Mysteries
ENT_DEMETER,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation Demeter ENT_DEMETER 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 Demeter is mentioned in the Iliad as the golden-haired grain goddess (Il. II.696, V.500, XIII.322, XXI.76); her union with Iasion in Crete is narrated in the Odyssey (Od. V.125); she does not play a narrative role in either epic
ENT_DEMETER,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation Demeter ENT_DEMETER 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 visits Eleusis and provides the most detailed ancient description of the sanctuary of Demeter and Kore and the Eleusinian Mysteries (Book 1.37-38); he cannot reveal the secret rites but describes the sanctuary structures, monuments, and public myth; the primary ancient source for the physical site
ENT_DEMETER,SRC_THEOI_AGRICULTURE,index attestation Demeter ENT_DEMETER Theoi Agrarian and Mystery Gods index SRC_THEOI_AGRICULTURE index attestation Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.
ENT_DEMETER,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation Demeter ENT_DEMETER 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]);