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_LETO"

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ENT_LETO,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation Leto ENT_LETO Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY scholarly attestation Library 1.2.2, 1.4.1; daughter of Coeus and Phoebe; mother of Apollo and Artemis by Zeus; Hera persecutes her during her wandering birth-journey
ENT_LETO,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation Leto ENT_LETO Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY direct attestation Theogony 406-408: Leto is a Titaness daughter of Coeus and Phoebe; she bore Apollo and Artemis to Zeus (Theogony 918-920); Hesiod is the primary genealogical text establishing Leto as a second-generation Titaness and the mother of the twin deities; the Homeric Hymn to Apollo (separately attested) gives the birth narrative in more detail
ENT_LETO,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation Leto ENT_LETO 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 Leto is named as the mother of Apollo and Artemis; she appears in the Battle of the Gods (Iliad XXI.497-504: Hera slaps her and scatters her arrows); Iliad I.9, V.447, XIV.327, XX.72, XXI.497
ENT_LETO,SRC_THEOI_GODS,index attestation Leto ENT_LETO Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS index attestation Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.
ENT_LETO,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation Leto ENT_LETO 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]);