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'}

7 rows where entity_id = "ENT_NEREUS"

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ENT_NEREUS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation Nereus ENT_NEREUS Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY scholarly attestation Library 1.2.7; son of Pontus and Gaia; the Old Man of the Sea; the Nereids are his fifty daughters
ENT_NEREUS,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation Nereus ENT_NEREUS Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY direct attestation Theogony 233-264: Nereus is the first-born of Pontus and Gaia — "the truthful and trusty Old Man of the Sea" who "never forgets the right and knows only kind and just thoughts"; he fathered the 50 Nereids with the Oceanid Doris; Hesiod catalogs all 50 Nereids by name (Theogony 240-264); the most extensive ancient account of Nereus's character and family
ENT_NEREUS,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation Nereus ENT_NEREUS 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 Nereus (the Old Man of the Sea) is named in the Iliad as the father of the Nereids; Iliad I.538: Thetis is described as the daughter of the old man of the sea; XVIII.36: the Nereids assemble from their father Nereus; Homer does not extensively describe Nereus himself
ENT_NEREUS,SRC_THEOI_DAIMONES,index attestation Nereus ENT_NEREUS Theoi Daemones/personifications index SRC_THEOI_DAIMONES index attestation Attested in Theoi Sea Gods index.
ENT_NEREUS,SRC_THEOI_GODS,index attestation Nereus ENT_NEREUS Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS index attestation Attested in Theoi Greek Gods category index.
ENT_NEREUS,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation Nereus ENT_NEREUS Theoi Project main index SRC_THEOI_HOME index attestation Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature).
ENT_NEREUS,SRC_THEOI_SEA,index attestation Nereus ENT_NEREUS Theoi Sea Gods index SRC_THEOI_SEA index attestation Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.

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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]);