Aita

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Fresco of Hades ("Aita", right) and Persephone ("Φersipnei", middle) leading a procession. Tomb of Orcus II, Tarquinia
Tomba Golini, Orvieto

Aita (

Epic Greek: Ἄϊδης, romanized: Áïdēs).[5]

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Aita is a relatively late addition to the Etruscan

Phersipnai (Etruscan: 𐌉𐌀𐌍𐌐𐌉𐌔𐌛𐌄𐌘), the Etruscan equivalent to the Greek Persephone.[9]

Although Aita is very rarely depicted, he may appear enthroned and sometimes wears a wolf cap, borrowing a key attribute from the earlier Etruscan underworld wolf-deity, named

References

  1. ^ Servius 380b, 11.785.
  2. ^ De Grummond 2004, p. 359.
  3. ^ National Etruscan Museum.
  4. ^ Maras 2010.
  5. ^ De Grummond 2006, p. 231.
  6. ^ Jannot 2005, pp. 153–154.
  7. ^ Helmut Rix, 1991. Etruskische Texte. Tübingen: Gunter Narr Verlag.
  8. ^ De Grummond 2006, pp. 229–231.
  9. ^ Jannot 2005, pp. 66–67, 153–154.
  10. ^ Elliott 1995, pp. 17–33.
  11. ^ Krauskopf 1988, pp. 394–399.

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