09-27-2008, 04:58 AM
Why would modern Greeks be offended by the intones found on Etruscan vases? (And why would anyone trust the info in Wikipedia. It's like buying a Rolex from a street vendor.)
As far as I know, the Etruscans probably came from Lydia. They were never Greeks in the first place. And in the "second" place (Etruria), they weren't Greeks either. And evidently their language wasn't an Indo-European one. There are theories that they may have been Minoans... which might explain whatever you want to call it. Quite frankly, I like women. And when you have some guy trying to hump Praxitile's Venus of Cniva in the middle of the night? :roll: Well, I think the Greeks liked their women as well.
Alanus, A.J. Campbell
As far as I know, the Etruscans probably came from Lydia. They were never Greeks in the first place. And in the "second" place (Etruria), they weren't Greeks either. And evidently their language wasn't an Indo-European one. There are theories that they may have been Minoans... which might explain whatever you want to call it. Quite frankly, I like women. And when you have some guy trying to hump Praxitile's Venus of Cniva in the middle of the night? :roll: Well, I think the Greeks liked their women as well.
Alanus, A.J. Campbell
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
