CLAS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Old Italic Script, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, Etruscan Civilization

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS100
• Professor: Riemer Faber

Document Summary

Ti m eli n e: develop m ent of. E tru s can civi l ization and t h e e tru s can city- s tate s : T h e 4 th century bce greek writer t h eopo m pos on. Etru s can cu s to m s (at h enaios. Among the etruscans, who had become extravagantly luxurious, timaios records in his first book that the slave girls wait on the men naked. Further, they dine, not with their own husbands, but with any men who happen to be present, and they pledge with wine any whom they wish. They also drink terribly, and are very good- looking. The etruscans rear all the babies that are born, not knowing who is the father in any single case. These in turn pursue the same mode of life as those who have given them nurture, having drinking parties often and consorting with all the women.