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'}

4 rows where entity_id = "ENT_ORPHEUS"

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ENT_ORPHEUS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation Orpheus ENT_ORPHEUS Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY scholarly attestation Library 1.3.2-3; son of Oeagrus and the Muse Calliope; his music charmed all creation; descent to the underworld for Eurydice; death at the hands of Maenads
ENT_ORPHEUS,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation Orpheus ENT_ORPHEUS Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION direct attestation Pausanias describes the tomb of Orpheus on the river Helikon in Macedonia (Book 9.30.5-12) and the tradition that his lyre was preserved there; also his head and lyre floating to Lesbos; the oracle of Orpheus's head
ENT_ORPHEUS,SRC_THEOI_DEIFIED,index attestation Orpheus ENT_ORPHEUS Theoi Deified Mortals index SRC_THEOI_DEIFIED index attestation Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.
ENT_ORPHEUS,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation Orpheus ENT_ORPHEUS 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]);