Tyrrhenus
Tyrrhenos ( ancient Greek Τυρρηνός Tyrrhenós , Latin Tyrrhenus or Τυρσηνός Tyrsenós ) was the son of the Lydian king Atys and the progenitor of the Etruscans according to the classical-ancient mythology .
In Lydia itself, a bad harvest is said to have triggered a famine. King Atys divided the Lydian people into two parts and instructed his two sons Lydus and Tyrrhenus to lead one each. After the death of Atys, they first ruled Lydia together. However, the barren landscape could not feed the entire population. After drawing lots, Lydus and his subjects stayed where they were, while Tyrrhenos led part of the Lydian people from Smyrna in Asia Minor across the sea to Umbria on the Italian peninsula and settled there. From this settlement, the Etruscans were formed , also called Tyrrhenians ( Tyrrhenoi ) or Thyrsenians in antiquity . The Tyrrhenian Sea is named after Tyrrhenos or the Thyrrhenians . Tyrrhenus was the brother or father of Tarchon .
The best-known version of the legend can be found in Herodotus , but has seen numerous modifications and embellishments over the centuries. It could be based on a real core of Etruscan ethnogenesis . One of the most popular theories today assumes that a native of Asia Minor, associated with the Lydians upper class in Etruria resident population of Villanova culture subjugated.
Remarks
- ^ Gary Forsythe: A Critical History of Early Rome: From Prehistory to the First Punic War p. 37 University of California Press, 2006 ISBN 0-520-24991-7
- ^ Velleius Paterculus , Historia Romana 1,1,4.
- ↑ Origin of the Etruscans clarified. Gene comparison with result. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007 ; accessed on March 6, 2018 . as well as ZDF documentary The Message of the 12th Etruscan City by Andreas Sawall (2009) (broadcast on December 30, 2009 by arte)