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.

Data license: MIT · Data source: jebboone/deitydb

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'}

5 rows where entity_id = "ENT_IAPETUS"

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ENT_IAPETUS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation Iapetus ENT_IAPETUS Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY scholarly attestation Library 1.1.3, 1.2.3; Titan; father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menoetius by Clymene
ENT_IAPETUS,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation Iapetus ENT_IAPETUS Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY direct attestation Theogony 134: Iapetus is a Titan son of Ouranos and Gaia; he married the Oceanid Clymene and fathered Atlas, Menoetius, Prometheus, and Epimetheus (Theogony 507-511); Hesiod establishes Iapetus as the father of the Promethean line — the most influential Titan genealogy for human civilization
ENT_IAPETUS,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation Iapetus ENT_IAPETUS 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 Iapetus is named in Iliad VIII.479 (alongside Kronos) as one of the imprisoned Titans in Tartarus, far from the light of Helios; his imprisonment establishes the Titan-below-Olympian structure
ENT_IAPETUS,SRC_THEOI_GODS,index attestation Iapetus ENT_IAPETUS Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS index attestation Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.
ENT_IAPETUS,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation Iapetus ENT_IAPETUS 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]);