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_POSEIDON"

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ENT_POSEIDON,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation Poseidon ENT_POSEIDON Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY scholarly attestation Library 1.1.5; received dominion of the sea after the lottery; contest for Athens with Athena; father of many monsters
ENT_POSEIDON,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation Poseidon ENT_POSEIDON Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY direct attestation Theogony 454-456: Poseidon is a son of Kronos and Rhea; his cosmic role as ruler of the seas is established by Zeus's distribution of domains after the Titanomachy (Theogony 73); he was swallowed by Kronos with his siblings and released by Zeus; Hesiod is the primary genealogical source for Poseidon as an Olympian
ENT_POSEIDON,SRC_HOMERIC_HYMNS,direct attestation Poseidon ENT_POSEIDON Homeric Hymns (7th-5th century BCE); trans. M.L. West, Homeric Hymns (Loeb Classical Library 496, Harvard 2003) SRC_HOMERIC_HYMNS direct attestation HH 22 (To Poseidon): addresses Poseidon as the great god, holder of the earth and barren sea, shaker of the earth and fruitful lord of Helicon and wide Aegae; establishes his domains of earth-shaking, sea-ruling, and horse-taming
ENT_POSEIDON,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation Poseidon ENT_POSEIDON 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 Poseidon actively favors the Greeks; he appears in his underwater palace (Iliad XIII) and physically fights in the divine battle; his enmity with Odysseus drives the Odyssey's delays; Iliad VII, XIII-XIV, XX-XXI; Odyssey I, V, XIII
ENT_POSEIDON,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation Poseidon ENT_POSEIDON 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 documents the sanctuary of Poseidon at the Isthmus of Corinth (Book 2.1-2) and his contest with Athena for Athens (Book 1.24.3); also Poseidon Hippios (horse-Poseidon) shrines throughout
ENT_POSEIDON,SRC_THEOI_GODS,index attestation Poseidon ENT_POSEIDON Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS index attestation Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.
ENT_POSEIDON,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation Poseidon ENT_POSEIDON 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]);