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'}

5 rows where entity_id = "ENT_PROMETHEUS"

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ENT_PROMETHEUS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation Prometheus ENT_PROMETHEUS Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY scholarly attestation Library 1.2.3; son of Iapetus; creator of humanity from clay; steals fire; bound to a rock; freed by Heracles
ENT_PROMETHEUS,SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV,scholarly attestation Prometheus ENT_PROMETHEUS Walter Burkert, The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age (Harvard University Press, 1992) SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV scholarly attestation Burkert (1992) pp. 84-87: Prometheus as a possible Greek reception of the Mesopotamian divine-benefactor archetype; the structural parallel with Enki/Ea who warns humanity against the divine assembly's decree
ENT_PROMETHEUS,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation Prometheus ENT_PROMETHEUS Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY direct attestation Theogony 507-616: the most extensive section on any second-generation Titan; Prometheus steals fire for humanity, Zeus chains him and sends the eagle, and Theogony gives the Pandora aition (Works and Days 47-105 provides more detail); Hesiod is the foundational ancient text for the Prometheus myth — theft of fire, divine punishment, and the origin of human toil and woman
ENT_PROMETHEUS,SRC_THEOI_GODS,index attestation Prometheus ENT_PROMETHEUS Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS index attestation Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.
ENT_PROMETHEUS,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation Prometheus ENT_PROMETHEUS 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]);