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_HESTIA"

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ENT_HESTIA,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation Hestia ENT_HESTIA 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; firstborn of Kronos; yielded her seat on Olympus to Dionysus (later tradition)
ENT_HESTIA,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation Hestia ENT_HESTIA Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY direct attestation Theogony 454: Hestia is the first-born daughter of Kronos and Rhea (first swallowed, last released); her role as goddess of the hearth and domestic order is foundational to Greek religion but largely taken for granted in later sources; Hesiod's genealogy is the primary ancient placement of Hestia within the Olympian family
ENT_HESTIA,SRC_HOMERIC_HYMNS,direct attestation Hestia ENT_HESTIA Homeric Hymns (7th-5th century BCE); trans. M.L. West, Homeric Hymns (Loeb Classical Library 496, Harvard 2003) SRC_HOMERIC_HYMNS direct attestation HH 24 (To Hestia) and HH 29 (To Hestia and Hermes): Hestia receives her own dedicated hymns; HH 24 calls her guardian of the sacred precinct of far-shooting Apollo at Pytho; the hymns establish her role as the divine hearth
ENT_HESTIA,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation Hestia ENT_HESTIA 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 Hestia is mentioned in passing in the Odyssey (XIV.159: "Hestia and the god of the hearth"); her minimal narrative role in Homer contrasts with her prominent Homeric Hymns; she is the goddess of the household hearth
ENT_HESTIA,SRC_THEOI_GODS,index attestation Hestia ENT_HESTIA Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS index attestation Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.
ENT_HESTIA,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation Hestia ENT_HESTIA 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]);