Entity Sources
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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'}
28 rows where source_id = "SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID"
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| Link | entity_id | source_id | evidence_type | source_note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENT_GRR_ELYSIUM,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,primary text attestation | Elysium (Elysian Fields) ENT_GRR_ELYSIUM | Virgil, Aeneid (19 BCE) SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID | primary text attestation | attestation |
| ENT_GRR_FIELDS_PUNISHMENT,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,primary text attestation | The Fields of Punishment ENT_GRR_FIELDS_PUNISHMENT | Virgil, Aeneid (19 BCE) SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID | primary text attestation | attestation |
| ENT_GRR_MOURNING_FIELDS,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,primary text attestation | The Mourning Fields (Lugentes Campi) ENT_GRR_MOURNING_FIELDS | Virgil, Aeneid (19 BCE) SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID | primary text attestation | attestation |
| ENT_GRR_PLAIN_LETHE,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,primary text attestation | The Plain of Lethe ENT_GRR_PLAIN_LETHE | Virgil, Aeneid (19 BCE) SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID | primary text attestation | attestation |
| ENT_GRR_UNDERWORLD,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,primary text attestation | The Greek Underworld (House of Hades) ENT_GRR_UNDERWORLD | Virgil, Aeneid (19 BCE) SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID | primary text attestation | attestation |
| ENT_ITA_FAUNUS,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation | Faunus ENT_ITA_FAUNUS | Virgil, Aeneid (19 BCE) SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID | direct attestation | Aeneid 7.81-106: Faunus as oracle and father/ancestor of Latinus. |
| ENT_ITA_PICUS,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation | Picus ENT_ITA_PICUS | Virgil, Aeneid (19 BCE) SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID | direct attestation | Aeneid 7.48: "Fauno Picus pater" — Picus as father of Faunus; 7.171-191: Picus in the Latin genealogy. |
| ENT_ROM_APOLLO,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation | Apollo ENT_ROM_APOLLO | Virgil, Aeneid (19 BCE) SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID | direct attestation | Apollo appears at Aeneid 3.73-98 (oracle at Delos); 6.9-12 (Cumae/Sibyl); 9.638-663 (Apollo commends Ascanius in battle). The Aeneid reflects Augustus's special patronage of Apollo. |
| ENT_ROM_BACCHUS,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation | Bacchus/Liber ENT_ROM_BACCHUS | Virgil, Aeneid (19 BCE) SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID | direct attestation | Bacchus/Liber appears in Aeneid 6.805 (among Rome's divine founders); 7.385-391 (Amata's Bacchic frenzy). The Aeneid attests Bacchus as civic deity as well as god of ecstatic rites. |
| ENT_ROM_CERES,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation | Ceres ENT_ROM_CERES | Virgil, Aeneid (19 BCE) SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID | direct attestation | Ceres invoked at Aeneid 4.58-59 (Dido's wedding rites); 6.479 (underworld context). Grain goddess role attested in ritual contexts throughout. |
| ENT_ROM_DIANA,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation | Diana ENT_ROM_DIANA | Virgil, Aeneid (19 BCE) SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID | direct attestation | Diana appears as model of beauty (Aeneid 1.498-502, simile for Dido); Camilla is her dedicated huntress and warrior (11.532-596, 11.836-867). The Aeneid is a major source for Diana's warrior-huntress aspect. |
| ENT_ROM_GENIUS,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation | Genius ENT_ROM_GENIUS | Virgil, Aeneid (19 BCE) SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID | direct attestation | Genius of the place (genius loci); Aeneid 7.136 (genius of the River Tiber); 8.62-65 (Tiber appears as the genius of the river). Roman genius theology implicit throughout. |
| ENT_ROM_JANUS,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation | Janus ENT_ROM_JANUS | Virgil, Aeneid (19 BCE) SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID | direct attestation | Janus appears at 7.179-182 (palace of Latinus has statue of Janus) and 7.607-615 (the gates of Janus opened to declare war). Virgil is our primary literary source for the ritual function of the Janus gates. |
| ENT_ROM_JUNO,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation | Juno ENT_ROM_JUNO | Virgil, Aeneid (19 BCE) SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID | direct attestation | Juno is the primary divine antagonist of the Aeneid; opposes Aeneas throughout. Key passages: 1.4-7 (her hatred); 1.65-80 (commands Aeolus to raise storm); 7.286-340 (summons Allecto); 12.791-842 (Zeus compels her withdrawal). Aeneid grounds Roman understanding of Juno as implacable queen of heaven. |
| ENT_ROM_JUPITER,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation | Jupiter ENT_ROM_JUPITER | Virgil, Aeneid (19 BCE) SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID | direct attestation | Jupiter guarantees Rome's destiny to Juno (1.257-296: the "fates' will" speech); sends Mercury to Carthage (4.222-278); adjudicates the final battle (12.791-842). The Aeneid's Jupiter is the normative image of Jupiter as universal sovereign for the Roman literary tradition. |
| ENT_ROM_LARES,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation | Lares ENT_ROM_LARES | Virgil, Aeneid (19 BCE) SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID | direct attestation | Lares appear throughout; Aeneid 5.744 (household Lares invoked); the Lares/Penates distinction is foundational to the Aeneid's theology of Roman household religion. |
| ENT_ROM_MARS,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation | Mars ENT_ROM_MARS | Virgil, Aeneid (19 BCE) SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID | direct attestation | Mars is father of Romulus (implied throughout the Aeneid's Trojan-to-Roman arc); patron of war; 1.274-277 (Romulus destined to found Rome); 9.717 (invoked in battle). The Aeneid reinforces Mars's role as divine ancestor of the Roman people. |
| ENT_ROM_MERCURY,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation | Mercury ENT_ROM_MERCURY | Virgil, Aeneid (19 BCE) SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID | direct attestation | Mercury delivers Jupiter's command to Aeneas to leave Carthage (4.222-278, 4.554-570). Depicted with caduceus, winged sandals, and hat; the most vivid Hermes/Mercury description in Latin literature. |
| ENT_ROM_MINERVA,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation | Minerva ENT_ROM_MINERVA | Virgil, Aeneid (19 BCE) SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID | direct attestation | Minerva's wrath for the desecration of her temple during the sack of Troy pervades the Aeneid (2.615; 11.483); she favors the Greeks and opposes Aeneas. Aeneid 2.615 confirms her role as destroyer of Troy. |
| ENT_ROM_NEPTUNE,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation | Neptune ENT_ROM_NEPTUNE | Virgil, Aeneid (19 BCE) SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID | direct attestation | Neptune calms the storm raised by Aeolus (1.124-156); provides passage for Aeneas (5.779-826). Aeneid 1.142-156 contains the famous simile of Neptune as statesman calming a mob. |
| ENT_ROM_PENATES,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation | Penates ENT_ROM_PENATES | Virgil, Aeneid (19 BCE) SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID | direct attestation | The Penates appear in Aeneid 2.293-295 (Hector's ghost tells Aeneas to take the Penates); 2.717 (Aeneas carries them from Troy); 3.148-171 (the Penates appear to Aeneas in a dream to direct him to Italy). The Aeneid is the primary source for the Trojan origin of the Roman Penates. |
| 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. |
| ENT_ROM_PROSERPINA,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation | Proserpina ENT_ROM_PROSERPINA | Virgil, Aeneid (19 BCE) SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID | direct attestation | Proserpina receives the golden bough (Aeneid 6.141-142); consort of Pluto in the Roman underworld. 6.397-401 (Charon's realm). Central to Aeneid Book 6 as queen of the dead. |
| ENT_ROM_SATURN,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation | Saturn ENT_ROM_SATURN | Virgil, Aeneid (19 BCE) SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID | direct attestation | Saturn ruled Latium in the Golden Age (Aeneid 8.319-327: Evander's account); Saturn's Hill = the Capitol; his name gives Saturnia to Juno's cult title. Aeneid 8 is the key text for the Roman Golden Age of Saturn. |
| ENT_ROM_VENUS,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation | Venus ENT_ROM_VENUS | Virgil, Aeneid (19 BCE) SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID | direct attestation | Venus is Aeneas's divine mother and protector; appears in Aeneid 1.314-409 (disguised as huntress); 2.589-623 (reveals the gods destroying Troy); 8.370-416 (commissions Vulcan to forge Aeneas's armor). Central to the Aeneid's Julii family theology. |
| ENT_ROM_VESTA,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation | Vesta ENT_ROM_VESTA | Virgil, Aeneid (19 BCE) SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID | direct attestation | Vesta appears in Aeneid 2.296-297 (Aeneas rescues her sacred fire from Troy); 2.567-569; 5.744. The Aeneid grounds the Trojan origin of the Roman Vestal fire. |
| ENT_ROM_VULCAN,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation | Vulcan ENT_ROM_VULCAN | Virgil, Aeneid (19 BCE) SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID | direct attestation | Vulcan forges the Shield of Aeneas (Aeneid 8.370-625, the ekphrasis of Roman history on the shield). One of the most elaborate descriptions of Vulcan/Hephaestus as divine smith in any ancient text. |
| ENT_TRIVIA,SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID,direct attestation | Trivia ENT_TRIVIA | Virgil, Aeneid (19 BCE) SRC_VIRGIL_AENEID | direct attestation | Virgil, Aeneid 6.13, 7.516 (Trivia, the Roman Hecate of the crossroads). |
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[source_note] TEXT,
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);
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CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_sources_entity_id]
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