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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{'description': 'Specific passage citations and notes on how this source attests the entity'}

8 rows where entity_id = "ENT_DIONYSUS"

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ENT_DIONYSUS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation Dionysus ENT_DIONYSUS Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY scholarly attestation Library 3.4.3, 3.5.1-3; twice-born from Zeus and Semele; wanderings; driven mad by Hera; conquest of India; introduction of the vine
ENT_DIONYSUS,SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES,direct attestation Dionysus ENT_DIONYSUS Herodotus, Histories (c. 430 BCE) SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES direct attestation Histories 2.49, 2.144, 2.156: Herodotus traces Dionysus's origins to Egypt (= Osiris) and claims Melampus introduced the Dionysiac rites to Greece from Egypt; he also names Dionysus as much more ancient than Greek genealogy allows; a critical early text for Dionysus's oriental connections
ENT_DIONYSUS,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation Dionysus ENT_DIONYSUS Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY direct attestation Theogony 940-942: Dionysus is born of Zeus and the mortal Semele; Zeus took the premature infant from Semele's womb after her death and sewed him into his thigh to complete the gestation — "golden-haired Dionysus"; Hesiod is the primary genealogical source for Dionysus as a son of Zeus and a mortal woman, establishing the foundation for his mixed divine-mortal nature
ENT_DIONYSUS,SRC_HOMERIC_HYMNS,direct attestation Dionysus ENT_DIONYSUS Homeric Hymns (7th-5th century BCE); trans. M.L. West, Homeric Hymns (Loeb Classical Library 496, Harvard 2003) SRC_HOMERIC_HYMNS direct attestation HH 1 (To Dionysus, fragmentary), HH 7 (To Dionysus: the pirates hymn), HH 26 (To Dionysus): HH 7 narrates how pirates capture a young Dionysus and he transforms the ship into a vessel of vines, turns himself into a lion, and the pirates leap overboard becoming dolphins; primary source for the Dionysus-pirates myth
ENT_DIONYSUS,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation Dionysus ENT_DIONYSUS 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 Dionysus is mentioned in the Iliad (VI.130-140: the Lycurgus story, where Dionysus flees in terror and Thetis protects him; XIV.325: in the catalogue of Zeus's loves); he does not play a major narrative role but his Homeric attestation is important evidence for his early presence in the Greek pantheon
ENT_DIONYSUS,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation Dionysus ENT_DIONYSUS 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 documents Dionysiac cult throughout Greece: his tomb at Delphi (Book 10.24.6), the Lenaia festival at Athens, the cult at Sicyon (Book 2.7.5-6), and the Dionysus Lysios sanctuary at Corinth (Book 2.2.5)
ENT_DIONYSUS,SRC_THEOI_AGRICULTURE,index attestation Dionysus ENT_DIONYSUS Theoi Agrarian and Mystery Gods index SRC_THEOI_AGRICULTURE index attestation Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.
ENT_DIONYSUS,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation Dionysus ENT_DIONYSUS 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]);