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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{'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_HERACLES"

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ENT_HERACLES,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation Heracles ENT_HERACLES Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY scholarly attestation Library 2.4.8-2.7.8; the twelve labors and complete heroic career; the fullest ancient systematic account
ENT_HERACLES,SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV,scholarly attestation Heracles ENT_HERACLES Walter Burkert, The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age (Harvard University Press, 1992) SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV scholarly attestation Burkert (1992) pp. 76-90: Heracles as the primary Greek hero who shows structural parallels with Gilgamesh; the lion-skin, the divine companion (Iolaus parallel to Enkidu), the Labors as monster-slaying, the quest for immortality; Burkert is cautious about direct transmission but documents the contact
ENT_HERACLES,SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES,direct attestation Heracles ENT_HERACLES Herodotus, Histories (c. 430 BCE) SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES direct attestation Histories 2.44: Herodotus explicitly distinguishes the Greek Heracles from the Phoenician Melqart; he claims to have visited the ancient temple of Heracles at Tyre (two sacred pillars, one gold, one emerald); 2.145: Heracles is placed in a much earlier genealogical stratum than the Greek tradition allows, establishing him as a universal ancient hero
ENT_HERACLES,SRC_HOMERIC_HYMNS,direct attestation Heracles ENT_HERACLES Homeric Hymns (7th-5th century BCE); trans. M.L. West, Homeric Hymns (Loeb Classical Library 496, Harvard 2003) SRC_HOMERIC_HYMNS direct attestation HH 15 (To Heracles the Lion-Hearted): a short hymn celebrating Heracles as the son of Zeus and Alcmene, born at Thebes; "most valiant of earthly men"; he wandered over all the earth performing his great labors and now dwells on Olympus with Hebe as his wife
ENT_HERACLES,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation Heracles ENT_HERACLES 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 Heracles is mentioned extensively in both epics as the greatest Greek hero; Iliad V.638-643 (sack of Troy), VIII.362-369 (his labors including Cerberus), XV.18-30 (his suffering at Hera's hands); Odyssey XI.601-626 (Odysseus sees his shade in the underworld); throughout both epics
ENT_HERACLES,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation Heracles ENT_HERACLES 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 documents Heracles' hero shrines throughout Greece: at Athens, Thebes (Book 9.11.1-2), Olympia, and Peloponnesus; the Herakleia festival; his cult was the most widespread hero cult in the ancient world
ENT_HERACLES,SRC_THEOI_DEIFIED,index attestation Heracles ENT_HERACLES Theoi Deified Mortals index SRC_THEOI_DEIFIED index attestation Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.
ENT_HERACLES,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation Heracles ENT_HERACLES 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]);