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'}

8 rows where entity_id = "ENT_HEPHAESTUS"

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ENT_HEPHAESTUS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation Hephaestus ENT_HEPHAESTUS Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY scholarly attestation Library 1.3.5; thrown from Olympus by Hera or Zeus; forges armor; Lemnos cult; marriage to Aphrodite
ENT_HEPHAESTUS,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation Hephaestus ENT_HEPHAESTUS Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY direct attestation Theogony 927-929: Hera bore Hephaestus alone, without union, in anger at Zeus for producing Athena without her — "outstanding in craftsmanship among the blessed gods"; this contrasts with Homer's version where Hephaestus is son of both Zeus and Hera; Hesiod's parthenogenic version is a key theological variant making Hephaestus Hera's mirror of Athena
ENT_HEPHAESTUS,SRC_HOMERIC_HYMNS,direct attestation Hephaestus ENT_HEPHAESTUS Homeric Hymns (7th-5th century BCE); trans. M.L. West, Homeric Hymns (Loeb Classical Library 496, Harvard 2003) SRC_HOMERIC_HYMNS direct attestation HH 20 (To Hephaestus): celebrates Hephaestus as the craftsman god who taught splendid crafts to men; "glorious-limbed"; without him humans would live like wild animals in the mountains; establishes his culture-giver role
ENT_HEPHAESTUS,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation Hephaestus ENT_HEPHAESTUS 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 Hephaestus forges the armor of Achilles at Thetis's request (Iliad XVIII.468-617); he quenches the river Scamander with fire (Iliad XXI.342-382); his limp and his forging domain are foundational here; Iliad I, XVIII, XXI
ENT_HEPHAESTUS,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation Hephaestus ENT_HEPHAESTUS 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 describes the Hephaisteion at Athens (mistakenly called the "Theseum" in later times; Book 1.14.6); the cult of Hephaestus at Lemnos; his role in Attic metalworking religion
ENT_HEPHAESTUS,SRC_THEOI_DEIFIED,index attestation Hephaestus ENT_HEPHAESTUS Theoi Deified Mortals index SRC_THEOI_DEIFIED index attestation Attested in Theoi Deified Mortals index.
ENT_HEPHAESTUS,SRC_THEOI_GODS,index attestation Hephaestus ENT_HEPHAESTUS Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS index attestation Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.
ENT_HEPHAESTUS,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation Hephaestus ENT_HEPHAESTUS 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]);