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_ROM_MANES"

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ENT_ROM_MANES,SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS,scholarly attestation Manes ENT_ROM_MANES 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_MANES,SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA,direct attestation Manes ENT_ROM_MANES Cicero, De Natura Deorum (45 BCE) SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA direct attestation DND 3.39 (Manes / di Inferi as a theological category debated). Primary philosophical source for Manes theology.
ENT_ROM_MANES,SRC_OVID_FASTI,direct attestation Manes ENT_ROM_MANES Ovid, Fasti SRC_OVID_FASTI direct attestation Fasti 2.533-616: the Parentalia (February 13-21) — the feast of the dead when the Manes (ancestral spirits) are propitiated; Ovid describes the ritual: cold offerings at the tomb, violets, and wine; the Feralia (February 21) closes the festival; primary literary account of Roman ancestor cult
ENT_ROM_MANES,SRC_ROMAN_OCD,scholarly attestation Manes ENT_ROM_MANES Oxford Classical Dictionary, Roman Religion entries SRC_ROMAN_OCD scholarly attestation Attested in Oxford Classical Dictionary, Roman Religion entries.
ENT_ROM_MANES,SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ,direct attestation Manes ENT_ROM_MANES Varro, Antiquitates Rerum Divinarum (c. 47 BCE, surviving via Augustine City of God) SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ direct attestation Varro on di Manes as the souls of the departed; City of God 7.6; standard ancient classification.

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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]);