. Etruscan tomb paintings, Their subjects and significance. reece ; it is men-tioned several times in Greek tragedies.^ The curvedtrumpet here seen is also depicted on a wall in the Tombadegli Scudi at Corneto and, like the curved staff of the augurs,was adopted by the Romans, who designated both of themby the name of lituus ; Cicero maintains that the lituus-trumpet was the earlier of the two and gave its form and nameto the lituus-staff, the badge of the augurs. The introductionof the lituus-staff was attributed to Romulus, and his sacredstaff was said to have been rediscovered by a miracle
. Etruscan tomb paintings, Their subjects and significance. reece ; it is men-tioned several times in Greek tragedies.^ The curvedtrumpet here seen is also depicted on a wall in the Tombadegli Scudi at Corneto and, like the curved staff of the augurs,was adopted by the Romans, who designated both of themby the name of lituus ; Cicero maintains that the lituus-trumpet was the earlier of the two and gave its form and nameto the lituus-staff, the badge of the augurs. The introductionof the lituus-staff was attributed to Romulus, and his sacredstaff was said to have been rediscovered by a miracle in thetime of Camillus, The scroll in the hand of the female demon, referred toabove, presumably contained an account of the good actionsof the dead, to be used when he presented himself before thethrone of Hades. The good genius herself is seen at workin a small panel of the Tomba degli Scudi, where she is ^ Pausanias x. 28. 7-8. ^ Cicero, De divinatione i. 30. Plu- ^ Sophocles, Ajax 17. Aeschylus, tarch, Camillus 567. Euripides, Rhesus Fig. 39. WALL-PAINTING FROIM THE TOMBA FRANCOIS AT VULCI
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