Etruscan Myths by Larissa Bonfante

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The Etruscans were a people of sophisticated culture and technology who lived in the area between Florence and Rome. Their civilization flourished for nearly a thousand years before being subsumed by the Roman Empire, but they left a substantial legacy to western civilization. In antiquity they were known as a wealthy, luxury-loving people, fond of banqueting and music and deeply religious. They were highly literate, but their literature has not survived, so we turn to Etruscan art to tell show more us about their mythology and beliefs. Their plentiful, spontaneous art also tells us a great deal about their lives and about the importance of women in their aristocratic society. Most informative of their own distinctive and colorful beliefs are their interpretations of scenes from Greek mythology, reflecting the importance of goddesses and demons in their religion, as well as scenes of the human sacrifice they practiced. show less

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JohnLindsay 156 reviews

This is joint with Swaddling according to my copy, and British Museum but the series is right, it is a legend. The origin of The Greek Myth, which I might get round to doing. This is the sex and myth closely related and always with us,

Feb 28, 2014 (Edited)

Hanita73 1,849 reviews

Etruskové, národ s vytříbenou kulturou, vzkvétal v oblasti Florencie a Říma téměř tisíc let. Přestože se nakonec stali součástí římského impéria, zanechali západní civilizaci značné dědictví. Ve starověku byli hluboce nábožensky založený. Etruskové byli velice sečtělí, avšak jejich literatura se nedochovala. O jejich kultuře a mýtech se dozvídáme z jejich umění. Nejvíce informací o typické pestré víře nám poskytují výjevy z řecké mytologie, v nichž se odráží náboženský význam lidské oběti, bohyní a démonů.

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