ABSTRACT

Greek myth is present in all phases of Etruscan figural art. As far as we know, the first medium for mythical scenes were vessels of clay, and the earliest depictions represented adventures of the Argonauts and of Odysseus – no wonder in a country of seafaring people.1 According to Homer’s Odyssey (12.70), Argo, the ship of the Argonauts, was “in all men’s minds” at that time.