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'}

6 rows where entity_id = "ENT_GAIA"

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ENT_GAIA,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation Gaia ENT_GAIA Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY scholarly attestation Library 1.1.1-2; the primordial earth; mother of Ouranos, Pontus, Titans, Cyclopes, Hecatonchires, Giants, and Typhon
ENT_GAIA,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation Gaia ENT_GAIA Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY direct attestation Theogony 117-122: "broad-bosomed Earth (Gaia), ever the unshaken foundation of all" emerges after Chaos; Gaia is mother of Ouranos, Pontus, and the mountains (Ourea); she later conspires with Kronos against Ouranos and with Zeus against the Titans; Theogony is her primary ancient narrative framework
ENT_GAIA,SRC_HOMERIC_HYMNS,direct attestation Gaia ENT_GAIA Homeric Hymns (7th-5th century BCE); trans. M.L. West, Homeric Hymns (Loeb Classical Library 496, Harvard 2003) SRC_HOMERIC_HYMNS direct attestation HH 30 (To Earth the Mother of All): the primary hymnic address to Gaia; "I will sing of well-founded Earth, mother of all, eldest of all beings"; she feeds all things, gives or takes away life; the hymn is the fullest ancient poetic expression of Gaia's universal mother-goddess role
ENT_GAIA,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation Gaia ENT_GAIA 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 Gaia (Gē / Earth) is named in oath formulas (Iliad III.104, XIX.259; Odyssey V.184) and as the origin of the gods; she is called upon alongside Helios and the river gods in formal oaths
ENT_GAIA,SRC_THEOI_GODS,index attestation Gaia ENT_GAIA Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS index attestation Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.
ENT_GAIA,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation Gaia ENT_GAIA 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]);