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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{'description': 'e.g. Direct attestation, Secondary analysis, Epigraphic, Numismatic'}
source_note
{'description': 'Specific passage citations and notes on how this source attests the entity'}

12 rows where source_id = "SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK"

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ENT_MYC_DIWIA,SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK,direct attestation Diwia ENT_MYC_DIWIA Michael Ventris and John Chadwick, Documents in Mycenaean Greek, 2nd ed. (Cambridge University Press, 1973) SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK direct attestation Linear B di-u-ja attested at Pylos; Ventris & Chadwick (1973): di-u-ja as feminine form of di-we; goddess in the Pylos offering lists
ENT_MYC_DOPOTA,SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK,scholarly attestation Dopota ENT_MYC_DOPOTA Michael Ventris and John Chadwick, Documents in Mycenaean Greek, 2nd ed. (Cambridge University Press, 1973) SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK scholarly attestation do-po-ta (probably 'Despotes / the Lord', masculine counterpart to Potnia) receives offerings on Pylos tablets; a distinct titular deity.
ENT_MYC_DRIMIOS,SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK,scholarly attestation Drimios ENT_MYC_DRIMIOS Michael Ventris and John Chadwick, Documents in Mycenaean Greek, 2nd ed. (Cambridge University Press, 1973) SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK scholarly attestation di-ri-mi-jo on Linear B tablet PY Tn 316, explicitly called di-wo i-je-we ('son of Zeus'); a distinct Mycenaean deity with no surviving Olympian identity.
ENT_MYC_ENYALIOS,SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK,direct attestation Enyalios ENT_MYC_ENYALIOS Michael Ventris and John Chadwick, Documents in Mycenaean Greek, 2nd ed. (Cambridge University Press, 1973) SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK direct attestation Linear B e-nu-wa-ri-jo; PY Tn 316: the crucial tablet where Enyalius and A-re (Ares) appear as SEPARATE offering recipients, establishing they were distinct Mycenaean deities; Ventris & Chadwick (1973) p. 289 and notes
ENT_MYC_IPHIMEDEIA,SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK,scholarly attestation Iphimedeia ENT_MYC_IPHIMEDEIA Michael Ventris and John Chadwick, Documents in Mycenaean Greek, 2nd ed. (Cambridge University Press, 1973) SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK scholarly attestation i-pi-me-de-ja on PY Tn 316; though later myth knows Iphimedeia as a mortal heroine, in the Pylos tablet she is a divine cult-recipient.
ENT_MYC_PANTHEON,SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK,scholarly attestation The Mycenaean Pantheon ENT_MYC_PANTHEON Michael Ventris and John Chadwick, Documents in Mycenaean Greek, 2nd ed. (Cambridge University Press, 1973) SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK scholarly attestation scholarly attestation
ENT_MYC_PIPITUNA,SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK,scholarly attestation Pipituna ENT_MYC_PIPITUNA Michael Ventris and John Chadwick, Documents in Mycenaean Greek, 2nd ed. (Cambridge University Press, 1973) SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK scholarly attestation pi-pi-tu-na, a goddess receiving offerings on Knossos tablets (KN Fp series); a pre-Greek/Minoan-substrate theonym with no Olympian identity.
ENT_MYC_POTNIA,SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK,direct attestation Potnia ENT_MYC_POTNIA Michael Ventris and John Chadwick, Documents in Mycenaean Greek, 2nd ed. (Cambridge University Press, 1973) SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK direct attestation Linear B tablets: KN V 52 (Athana Potnia at Knossos); PY An 1281 (Potnia unqualified at Pylos); multiple offering tablets at Knossos, Pylos, and Mycenae; Ventris & Chadwick (1973) ch. 7 on Mycenaean religion and the Potnia problem
ENT_MYC_POTNIA_LABYRINTH,SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK,scholarly attestation Mistress of the Labyrinth ENT_MYC_POTNIA_LABYRINTH Michael Ventris and John Chadwick, Documents in Mycenaean Greek, 2nd ed. (Cambridge University Press, 1973) SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK scholarly attestation da-pu2-ri-to-jo po-ti-ni-ja ('Mistress of the Labyrinth') receives honey in Linear B tablet KN Gg 702 — the earliest textual attestation of the labyrinth, a distinct Cretan Potnia.
ENT_MYC_QERASIJA,SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK,scholarly attestation Qe-ra-si-ja ENT_MYC_QERASIJA Michael Ventris and John Chadwick, Documents in Mycenaean Greek, 2nd ed. (Cambridge University Press, 1973) SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK scholarly attestation qe-ra-si-ja (masc. qe-ra-si-jo) receives offerings on Knossos tablets; read as 'the Theran goddess' or a beast-cult deity, a distinct Cretan-Mycenaean name.
ENT_MYC_TN316,SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK,direct attestation Deities of the Pylos Tn 316 Tablet ENT_MYC_TN316 Michael Ventris and John Chadwick, Documents in Mycenaean Greek, 2nd ed. (Cambridge University Press, 1973) SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK direct attestation PY Tn 316; Ventris & Chadwick, Documents in Mycenaean Greek
ENT_MYC_TRISHEROS,SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK,scholarly attestation Trisheros ENT_MYC_TRISHEROS Michael Ventris and John Chadwick, Documents in Mycenaean Greek, 2nd ed. (Cambridge University Press, 1973) SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK scholarly attestation ti-ri-se-ro-e (Tris-heros, 'the Thrice-Hero') receives offerings on PY Tn 316, the earliest attestation of Mycenaean hero/ancestor cult.

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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]);