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_ROM_GENIUS"

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ENT_ROM_GENIUS,SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS,scholarly attestation Genius ENT_ROM_GENIUS 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_GENIUS,SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA,direct attestation Genius ENT_ROM_GENIUS Cicero, De Natura Deorum (45 BCE) SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA direct attestation DND 2.45 (genius as the divine creative force in every individual; Stoic treatment). Primary philosophical source for the Roman genius concept.
ENT_ROM_GENIUS,SRC_OVID_FASTI,direct attestation Genius ENT_ROM_GENIUS Ovid, Fasti SRC_OVID_FASTI direct attestation Fasti throughout: the Genius of the paterfamilias is referenced in Roman cult practice; the Genius Augusti (August's divine spirit) is a political-religious figure Ovid navigates carefully; the Genius is the divine life-force of a person or place in Roman religion
ENT_ROM_GENIUS,SRC_ROMAN_OCD,scholarly attestation Genius ENT_ROM_GENIUS Oxford Classical Dictionary, Roman Religion entries SRC_ROMAN_OCD scholarly attestation Attested in Oxford Classical Dictionary, Roman Religion entries.
ENT_ROM_GENIUS,SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ,direct attestation Genius ENT_ROM_GENIUS Varro, Antiquitates Rerum Divinarum (c. 47 BCE, surviving via Augustine City of God) SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ direct attestation Varro's taxonomy places Genius in the category of di selecti (chosen gods); City of God 7.13; the fullest ancient account of the genius system.
ENT_ROM_GENIUS,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation Genius ENT_ROM_GENIUS Virgil, Aeneid (19 BCE) SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID direct attestation Genius of the place (genius loci); Aeneid 7.136 (genius of the River Tiber); 8.62-65 (Tiber appears as the genius of the river). Roman genius theology implicit throughout.

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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]);