Religion of the Etruscans

University of Texas Press. 2006.

CONTENTS



I. Introduction: The History of the Study of Etruscan Religion 1

Nancy Thomson de Grummond

I I . Etruscan Inscriptions and Etruscan Religion 9

Larissa Bonfante

I I I . Prophets and Priests 27

Nancy Thomson de Grummond

IV. Gods in Harmony: The Etruscan Pantheon 45

Erika Simon

V. The Grave and Beyond in Etruscan Religion 66

Ingrid Krauskopf

VI . Votive Offerings in Etruscan Religion 90

Jean MacIntosh Turfa

VI I . Ritual Space and Boundaries in Etruscan Religion 116

Ingrid E. M. Edlund-Berry

VIII. Sacred Architecture and the Religion of the Etruscans 132

Giovanni Colonna

Glossary 169

Appendix A: The Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar 173

Jean MacIntosh Turfa

Appendix B: Selected Latin and Greek Literary Sources on Etruscan Religion 191

Nancy Thomson de