Showing posts with label Etruscan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Etruscan. Show all posts

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Chimera

one of the strangest mythological animals in Etruscan mythology is the Chimera

it has the head and body of a lion, the tail is a snake, and it has a goat head sticking out of it's back. Oh yeah, and the goat breathes fire.

there is a famous sculpture of one that is normally in a museum in Firenze, but right now is on loan to the Getty Villa in LA. I guess i will see it when i get home


Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Menrva

another favorite god for the Etruscans was Menrva


Hercules

while here in Italy me and Daisy have become fascinated with the Etruscan civilization and have been reading a lot about it

the Etruscan's were a group of people living in Italy arond the time of the Romans. In fact, the romans were very influenced by them, who in turn were very influenced by the Greeks

one of the fascinating things about them is that they treated their women as equals, and many of their tombs show a husband and wife together

most of what we know about them comes from their tombs, because after the romans conquered them, they wiped out most of their culture and rebult over them

Hercules what a favorite of the Etruscans. They elaborated on many of his stories and added to them


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