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_HERA"

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ENT_HERA,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation Hera ENT_HERA Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY scholarly attestation Library 1.1.5, 1.3.1; daughter of Kronos; wife of Zeus; pursuer of Heracles
ENT_HERA,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation Hera ENT_HERA Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY direct attestation Theogony 454-458, 921-923: Hera is a daughter of Kronos and Rhea; she is the third wife of Zeus (after Metis and Themis); she bore Hebe, Ares, and Eileithyia to Zeus; she bore Hephaestus alone without union (Theogony 927-929; a tradition differing from the Homeric version); Hesiod is the primary genealogical source for Hera's cosmic position
ENT_HERA,SRC_HOMERIC_HYMNS,direct attestation Hera ENT_HERA Homeric Hymns (7th-5th century BCE); trans. M.L. West, Homeric Hymns (Loeb Classical Library 496, Harvard 2003) SRC_HOMERIC_HYMNS direct attestation HH 12 (To Hera): a short hymn addressing Hera as the golden-throned queen, daughter of Rhea, immortal consort of Zeus, glorious, whom all the blessed on tall Olympus revere and honor equally with Zeus
ENT_HERA,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation Hera ENT_HERA 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 Hera actively favors the Greeks; she deceives Zeus in the Deception of Zeus episode (Iliad XIV); opposes Troy passionately throughout; Iliad I, III-V, XIV-XV, XVIII, XXIV
ENT_HERA,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation Hera ENT_HERA 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 Heraion at Olympia (the oldest temple at the site; Book 5.16-17) and the Heraion at Argos (Book 2.17); the Hera cult at Argos is documented as one of the most important in Greece; he records the games of the Heraia
ENT_HERA,SRC_SAPPHO_FRAGMENTS,primary text attestation Hera ENT_HERA Sappho, Fragments (Lobel-Page/Voigt), c. 600 BCE SRC_SAPPHO_FRAGMENTS primary text attestation invoked in the lyric fragments of Sappho
ENT_HERA,SRC_THEOI_GODS,index attestation Hera ENT_HERA Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS index attestation Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.
ENT_HERA,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation Hera ENT_HERA 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]);