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_ERIS"

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ENT_ERIS,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation Eris ENT_ERIS Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY direct attestation Theogony 224-232: Eris (Strife) is a daughter of Night; she bears the catalog of evils (Ponos, Lethe, Limos, Algea, Hysminai, Makhai, Phonoi, Androktasiai, Neikea, Pseudologoi, Amphilogiai, Dysnomia, Ate, and Horkos); Hesiod gives Eris her most extensive ancient theological treatment as the mother of all strife-related evils
ENT_ERIS,SRC_HESIOD_WORKS_DAYS,direct attestation Eris ENT_ERIS Hesiod, Works and Days (c. 700 BCE), trans. Evelyn-White SRC_HESIOD_WORKS_DAYS direct attestation Hesiod, Works and Days 11-26 (the two Strifes, the harmful and the wholesome).
ENT_ERIS,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation Eris ENT_ERIS 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 Eris (Strife) is named alongside Ares, Enyo, and the Ker as a war deity who delights in battle (Iliad IV.440-445; V.518-521); she is described as the sister of Ares and appears on the battlefield; the tradition of Eris throwing the golden apple (cause of the Trojan War) is post-Homeric but her presence in the Iliad is primary
ENT_ERIS,SRC_THEOI_DAIMONES,index attestation Eris ENT_ERIS Theoi Daemones/personifications index SRC_THEOI_DAIMONES index attestation Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.
ENT_ERIS,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation Eris ENT_ERIS 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]);