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In Etruscan mythology, Tyrrhenus (in Greek: Τυῤῥηνός) was one of the founders of the Etruscan League of twelve cities, along with his brother Tarchon. Herodotus [1] describes him as the saviour of the Etruscans, because he led them from Lydia to Etruria; however this Lydian origin is to be debated as it contradicts cultural and linguistic evidence, as well as the view held by both ...
In Etruscan mythology, Tarchon was a culture hero who co-founded the Etruscan dodecapolis along with his brother Tyrrhenus. He appears in literature such as Virgil's Aeneid, where he is described as King of the Tyrrhenians. In the poem, he leads the Etruscans in their alliance with Aeneas against Turnus and the other Latian tribes. [1]
An Etruscan culture hero who, with his brother, Tyrrhenus, founded the Etruscan Federation of twelve cities. Techrs: From the Greek Trojan War hero Teucer. [44] Telmun, Tlamun, Talmun, Tlamu: Telamon, a legendary Argonaut. [44] Teriasals, Teriasa: Legendary blind prophet Tiresias. [44] These: A hero who is the equivalent of Theseus. Thethis
Fresco in the François Tomb in Vulci with the liberation of Caelius Vibenna by Mastarna and Aulus Vibenna. Tyrrhenika was a history of the Etruscan people.From the Tabula Claudiana, which records an address by Claudius to the Roman Senate, [6] we know that within it was a chapter concerning the sixth king of Rome, Servius Tullius.
Another hypothesis connecting the Tyrrhenians and the Etruscans posits that the Etruscans derive at least partially from a 12th century BC invasion from the Aegean and Anatolia imposing itself over the Villanovan culture, with some scholars claiming a relationship or at least evidence of close contact between the Anatolian languages and the ...
The Etruscan civilization (/ ɪ ˈ t r ʌ s k ən / ih-TRUS-kən) was an ancient civilization created by the Etruscans, a people who inhabited Etruria in ancient Italy, with a common language and culture who formed a federation of city-states. [2]
Etruscan history is the written record of Etruscan civilization compiled mainly by Greek and Roman authors. Apart from their inscriptions, from which information ...
Tarquinii (Etruscan Tarch(u)na [4]) was one of the most ancient and important Etruscan cities; [5] the ancient myths connected with Tarchuna (those of its eponymous founder Tarchon—the son or brother of Tyrrhenus—and of the infant oracle Tages, who gave the Etruscans the disciplina etrusca) all point to the antiquity and cultural importance ...