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_THESEUS"

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ENT_THESEUS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation Theseus ENT_THESEUS Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY scholarly attestation Library 3.15.6-16.2, Epitome 1; complete career including Minotaur, Hippolyta, descent to Hades
ENT_THESEUS,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation Theseus ENT_THESEUS 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 Theseus is mentioned in the Iliad (I.265: Nestor refers to Theseus as a great hero of an earlier age) and Odyssey (XI.322-325: Odysseus sees Ariadne who helped Theseus); Homer treats him as a legendary figure from the heroic past
ENT_THESEUS,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation Theseus ENT_THESEUS Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION direct attestation Pausanias documents the Theseum (Hephaisteion area, Athens; Book 1.17.2-6): Theseus's bones brought from Scyros by Cimon; his hero cult at Athens; the Pyanepsia and other Theseus festivals; Book 1-2 extensively
ENT_THESEUS,SRC_THEOI_DEIFIED,index attestation Theseus ENT_THESEUS Theoi Deified Mortals index SRC_THEOI_DEIFIED index attestation Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.
ENT_THESEUS,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation Theseus ENT_THESEUS 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]);