File:Alabaster ash urn from Sarteano with Cacu and the Vipinas brohters.jpg
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Etruscan alabaster ash urn with Cacu, Caile and Avle Vipinas (Museo Archeologico, Siena) The seer Cacu in the center holds his lyre and makes a gesture of explanation with his right hand. He is under attack by twin bearded soldiers, the Vipinas brothers, with drawn swords. His assistant Artile, sitting at his feet, clutches a scroll and laments. Nude and dressed warriors and a horse participate. |
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| Source | Nancy Thomson de Grummond: Etruscan Myth, Sacred History and Legend. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 2006, ISBN 9781931707862, p 174. | ||
| Author | Unknown author | ||
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