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 source_id = "SRC_ROLLER_CYBELE"

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Link entity_id source_id evidence_type source_note
ENT_ATTIS,SRC_ROLLER_CYBELE,scholarly attestation Attis ENT_ATTIS Roller, Lynn E. In Search of God the Mother: The Cult of Anatolian Cybele (University of California Press, 1999) SRC_ROLLER_CYBELE scholarly attestation Roller (1999) pp. 141-160: Attis in the context of the Phrygian Pessinuntine myth; the castration narrative as a Phrygian theological statement about the relationship of the mortal consort to the divine mother.
ENT_CYBELE,SRC_ROLLER_CYBELE,scholarly attestation Cybele ENT_CYBELE Roller, Lynn E. In Search of God the Mother: The Cult of Anatolian Cybele (University of California Press, 1999) SRC_ROLLER_CYBELE scholarly attestation Roller (1999) is the standard scholarly treatment of Cybele as a Hellenized reception of the Phrygian Matar Kubileya; traces the transmission route through Phocaean traders, the Ephesian and Lydian intermediaries, and the eventual Roman Magna Mater adoption in 204 BCE.
ENT_PHRYG_AGDISTIS,SRC_ROLLER_CYBELE,scholarly attestation Agdistis ENT_PHRYG_AGDISTIS Roller, Lynn E. In Search of God the Mother: The Cult of Anatolian Cybele (University of California Press, 1999) SRC_ROLLER_CYBELE scholarly attestation Roller (1999) pp. 139-149: the "Pessinuntine myth" of Agdistis; Pausanias 7.17.10-12 and Arnobius Adversus Nationes 5.5-7 as the two main textual witnesses; the hermaphroditic theology as specifically Phrygian.
ENT_PHRYG_MATAR,SRC_ROLLER_CYBELE,scholarly attestation Matar Kubileya ENT_PHRYG_MATAR Roller, Lynn E. In Search of God the Mother: The Cult of Anatolian Cybele (University of California Press, 1999) SRC_ROLLER_CYBELE scholarly attestation Roller (1999) pp. 67-118: definitive analysis of the Matar Kubileya evidence from Phrygian rock-cut shrines; Midas City, Gordion, and the Phrygian heartland inscriptions. Distinguishes the indigenous Phrygian Matar from the Hellenized Cybele.
ENT_SABAZIOS,SRC_ROLLER_CYBELE,scholarly attestation Sabazios ENT_SABAZIOS Roller, Lynn E. In Search of God the Mother: The Cult of Anatolian Cybele (University of California Press, 1999) SRC_ROLLER_CYBELE scholarly attestation Roller (1999) pp. 170-175: Sabazios as a Phrygian/Thracian deity; his relationship to the Phrygian religious complex and the Anatolian divine matrix.

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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]);