people
The Etruscans
Etruscans
also: Etrusker
The pre-Roman people of central Italy, whose sarcophagi bear a reclining figure on the lid; in the Eighth Elegy the bird half-knows inside and outside 'as if it were a soul of the Etruscans.'
Reading notes
- Duino Elegies §8 Etruscans
The pre-Roman people whose sarcophagi bear a reclining figure on the lid; the bird half-knows inside and out 'as if it were a soul of the Etruscans.'