La famiglia etrusca nelle fonti archeologiche di età classica ed ellenistica
Author(s)
A. Coen
Date Issued
2025
Type
bookPart
Start Page
243
End Page
271
Abstract
The contribution analyses the Etruscan family in classical and hellenistic times through three
main spheres, funerary, sacred and domestic. The funerary field provides documentation
that is as abundant as it is difficult to interpret, due to its strong ideological content. With
regard to the sacred front, it is not easy to identify elements that are directly referable to
the family sphere as a whole. We have therefore focused in particular on some evidence
of statuettes depicting couples, sometimes with children, found in various sanctuaries in
the Etruscan-Lazio area. Even more complicated is the certain identification, within the
domestic sphere, of environments directly referable only to the female or male sphere, as
Vincent Jolivet had suggested in some of his contributions.