The religion of the Etruscans
By: Nancy Thomson de Grummond and Erika Simon, editors.
Contributors: De Grummond, Nancy Thomson.; Simon, Erika.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
Subjects: Etruscans -- Religion -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: Includes information on Aphrodite, Apollo, Apulu, Artumes, Astarte, Athena, Atunis, birds, calendars, children, divination, funerary ritual, Hercules, Jupiter, lightning, Mars, Minerva, Neptune, Odysseus, Persephone, Pliny the Elder, prophecy, Pyrgi, Satyrs, Tages, Tarquinii, temples, thunder, Turan, Uni, Vei, Veii, Vulci, etc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the history of the study of Etruscan religion / Nancy Thomson de Grummond; title: Etruscan inscriptions and Etruscan religion / Larissa Bonfante; title: Prophets and priests / Nancy Thomson de Grummond; title: Gods in harmony : the Etruscan pantheon / Erika Simon; title: The grave and beyond in Etruscan religion / Ingrid Krauskopf; title: Votive offerings in Etruscan religion / Jean MacIntosh Turfa; title: Ritual space and boundaries in Etruscan religion / Ingrid E.M. Edlund-Berry; title: Sacred architecture and the religion of the Etruscans / Giovanni Colonna.