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_HELIOS"

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ENT_HELIOS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation Helios ENT_HELIOS Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY scholarly attestation Library 1.2.2; son of Hyperion and Theia; the sun-god who sees all; his cattle on Thrinakia
ENT_HELIOS,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation Helios ENT_HELIOS Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY direct attestation Theogony 371: Helios (the Sun) is the son of Hyperion and Theia — the primary ancient genealogical account establishing Helios as a second-generation Titan/primordial, son of the Titan of radiant light (Hyperion); Hesiod's genealogy is the foundational framework for understanding Helios's divine status
ENT_HELIOS,SRC_HOMERIC_HYMNS,direct attestation Helios ENT_HELIOS Homeric Hymns (7th-5th century BCE); trans. M.L. West, Homeric Hymns (Loeb Classical Library 496, Harvard 2003) SRC_HOMERIC_HYMNS direct attestation HH 31 (To Helios): the dedicated hymn to the Sun; Helios drives his golden chariot across the sky, his hair a blaze of light, warming the earth and the waters; born of Hyperion and Euryphaessa (= Theia); establishes his cosmic role and genealogy
ENT_HELIOS,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation Helios ENT_HELIOS 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 Helios (the Sun) drives his chariot across the sky; his sacred cattle on Thrinakia are central to Odyssey XII (the men's fatal transgression); he is called upon in oath formulas alongside Gaia and rivers (Iliad III.104)
ENT_HELIOS,SRC_THEOI_GODS,index attestation Helios ENT_HELIOS Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS index attestation Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.
ENT_HELIOS,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation Helios ENT_HELIOS 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]);