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_PLUTO"

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ENT_ROM_PLUTO,SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS,scholarly attestation Pluto/Dis Pater ENT_ROM_PLUTO 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_PLUTO,SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA,direct attestation Pluto/Dis Pater ENT_ROM_PLUTO Cicero, De Natura Deorum (45 BCE) SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA direct attestation DND 2.66 (Pluto/Dis as ruler of the earth and underworld in Stoic interpretation).
ENT_ROM_PLUTO,SRC_OVID_FASTI,direct attestation Pluto/Dis Pater ENT_ROM_PLUTO Ovid, Fasti SRC_OVID_FASTI direct attestation Fasti 4.417-620: Pluto (Dis Pater) abducts Proserpina in Ovid's Roman account; the Parentalia and Lemuria involve propitiation of his realm; Fasti 4.445 names Pluto explicitly in the abduction scene
ENT_ROM_PLUTO,SRC_ROMAN_OCD,scholarly attestation Pluto/Dis Pater ENT_ROM_PLUTO Oxford Classical Dictionary, Roman Religion entries SRC_ROMAN_OCD scholarly attestation Attested in Oxford Classical Dictionary, Roman Religion entries.
ENT_ROM_PLUTO,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation Pluto/Dis Pater ENT_ROM_PLUTO Virgil, Aeneid (19 BCE) SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID direct attestation Pluto/Dis Pater rules the underworld visited by Aeneas in Book 6; 6.127-131 (golden bough required to enter); 6.269-272 (gate of Dis). Aeneid Book 6 is a foundational text for Roman underworld topography.

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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]);