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_NYX"

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ENT_NYX,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation Nyx ENT_NYX Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY scholarly attestation Library 1.1.1; primordial Night; among the first entities; mother of Thanatos, Hypnos, and Eris
ENT_NYX,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation Nyx ENT_NYX Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY direct attestation Theogony 123-125, 211-225: Nyx (Night) emerges from Chaos alongside Erebus; Hesiod gives Nyx an extensive genealogy (Theogony 211-225): she bore Moros, Ker, Thanatos, Hypnos, the Oneiroi, Momos, Oizys, the Hesperides, the Moirai, Nemesis, Deceit, Love, Old Age, and Eris; the most important ancient account of Nyx's divine progeny
ENT_NYX,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation Nyx ENT_NYX 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 Nyx (Night) appears in the Deception of Zeus episode: when Hypnos fears Zeus's wrath, Hera tells him to flee to Nyx, "who has power over gods and men" — even Zeus feared to offend Nyx (Iliad XIV.259-261); this is the primary evidence for Nyx's primordial status
ENT_NYX,SRC_ORPHIC_HYMNS,direct attestation Nyx ENT_NYX The Orphic Hymns (87 hymns; with the Orphic cosmogony), trans. Thomas Taylor (1792) and Athanassakis & Wolkow (2013) SRC_ORPHIC_HYMNS direct attestation Hymned in the Orphic Hymns (Nyx H.3, Ouranos H.4, Aether H.5).
ENT_NYX,SRC_THEOI_GODS,index attestation Nyx ENT_NYX Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS index attestation Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.
ENT_NYX,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation Nyx ENT_NYX 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]);