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'}

5 rows where entity_id = "ENT_ROM_APOLLO"

✎ View and edit SQL

This data as json, CSV (advanced)

Suggested facets: evidence_type

Link entity_id source_id evidence_type source_note
ENT_ROM_APOLLO,SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS,scholarly attestation Apollo ENT_ROM_APOLLO Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, Religions of Rome SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS scholarly attestation Attested in Beard, North, Price, Religions of Rome.
ENT_ROM_APOLLO,SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA,direct attestation Apollo ENT_ROM_APOLLO Cicero, De Natura Deorum (45 BCE) SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA direct attestation DND 2.68 (Apollo = sun in Stoic allegory; the "many-named" Apollo); 3.57-59. Extensive philosophical treatment.
ENT_ROM_APOLLO,SRC_OVID_FASTI,direct attestation Apollo ENT_ROM_APOLLO Ovid, Fasti SRC_OVID_FASTI direct attestation Fasti 3.881 (Agonalia): Apollo referenced in the Roman calendar; the Ludi Apollinares (July, outside the surviving six books); Ovid treats Apollo as the preserver of the Roman state who deflected plague; his role in the Julian-Augustan ideology
ENT_ROM_APOLLO,SRC_ROMAN_OCD,scholarly attestation Apollo ENT_ROM_APOLLO Oxford Classical Dictionary, Roman Religion entries SRC_ROMAN_OCD scholarly attestation Attested in Oxford Classical Dictionary, Roman Religion entries.
ENT_ROM_APOLLO,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation Apollo ENT_ROM_APOLLO Virgil, Aeneid (19 BCE) SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID direct attestation Apollo appears at Aeneid 3.73-98 (oracle at Delos); 6.9-12 (Cumae/Sibyl); 9.638-663 (Apollo commends Ascanius in battle). The Aeneid reflects Augustus's special patronage of Apollo.

Advanced export

JSON shape: default, array, newline-delimited, object

CSV options: 

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]);