people
Etruscans
also: Tyrrhenians, Tusci
The people of Etruria in central Italy; their banished tyrant Mezentius sides with Turnus.
Reading notes
- The Aeneid §7.43 Etruscan band
The people of Etruria (Tyrrhenians); their exiled tyrant Mezentius takes the field for Turnus, though the nation will rise against him.
- The Aeneid §8.480 Etruscan
The Etruscans (Tyrrhenians/Tuscans) of north-central Italy, who rise against Mezentius.
- The Aeneid §9.150 Etruscans
The Etruscans, whom Turnus dares to join the Trojans as allies.
- The Aeneid §12.281 men of Agylla
The Etruscans of Agylla (Caere), who flood into the renewed fight.