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_RHEA"

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ENT_RHEA,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation Rhea ENT_RHEA Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY scholarly attestation Library 1.1.3, 1.2.1; daughter of Ouranos and Gaia; wife of Kronos; saves Zeus by wrapping a stone
ENT_RHEA,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation Rhea ENT_RHEA Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY direct attestation Theogony 135, 453-506: Rhea is a Titaness daughter of Ouranos and Gaia; she marries Kronos and bears the six Olympians (Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, Zeus); after Kronos swallows each child, she tricks him by presenting a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes for Zeus; Hesiod is the primary ancient narrative of Rhea as the mother of the Olympians
ENT_RHEA,SRC_HOMERIC_HYMNS,direct attestation Rhea ENT_RHEA Homeric Hymns (7th-5th century BCE); trans. M.L. West, Homeric Hymns (Loeb Classical Library 496, Harvard 2003) SRC_HOMERIC_HYMNS direct attestation HH 14 (To the Mother of Gods): addressed to Rhea as the Mother of Gods (Meter theon); she is described as loving gongs, kettledrums, hand-cymbals, the shouting of wolves and fierce-eyed lions; this hymn conflates Rhea with Cybele (the Phrygian mother goddess)
ENT_RHEA,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation Rhea ENT_RHEA 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 Rhea is named as the mother of the Olympians and the wife of Kronos; Iliad XIV.203 (Hera refers to her birth from Kronos and Rhea); Rhea's role as mother of the major gods is established in Homer
ENT_RHEA,SRC_THEOI_GODS,index attestation Rhea ENT_RHEA Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS index attestation Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.
ENT_RHEA,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation Rhea ENT_RHEA 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]);