From the Cumae alphabet, the Etruscan alphabet was derived and the Romans eventually adopted 21 of the original 26 Etruscan letters:

From this time his work was influenced by Etruscan art and the sculpture of Arturo Martini.

* From the Etruscan word ruma, whose root is * rum-" teat ", with possible reference either to the totem wolf that adopted and suckled the cognately named twins Romulus and Remus, or to the shape of the Palatine and Aventine Hills ;

From the first half of the 5th century BC, the new international political situation meant the beginning of the Etruscan decline after losing their southern provinces.

From the first half of the 5th century, the new international political situation meant the beginning of the Etruscan decline after losing their southern provinces.

From Etruscan times Tibur, a Sabine city, was the seat of the Tiburtine Sibyl.

From these come the famous bronze boxes ( cistae ) and hand mirrors with inscriptions partly in Etruscan.

From a very early period he had been attracted to the special study of Etruscan remains, and had at various times given occasional expression to his opinions on individual points ; but it was not till 1870 that he had the opportunity of visiting Italy and completing his equipment for a formal treatment of the whole subject by personal inspection of the monuments.

From the Etruscan alphabet evolved the Latin alphabet.

From the Etruscan period are two types of tombs: the mounds and the so-called " dice ", the latter being simple square tombs built in long rows along " roads ".

`` From a man in St. Louis '', Wilson said.

From the back of the barn it was a simple matter to reach Black's house without using the street.

From the way the wound in his head was itching, Dan knew that it would heal.

From then on, in keeping with the traditions they had followed since childhood, the whole group settled down to relish their food.

`` From now on, Sally and me and her folks aim to give you our turn when it comes up and fall in behind you and Rod's outfit ''.

From the time the chocks were pulled until the plane was out of sight, he knew Donovan would keep his back to the strip.

From L'Turu, I heard that until about 1850 the people of this island -- which was about the size of Guam or smaller -- had been of both sexes, and that the normal family life of Melanesian tribes was observed here with minor variations.

From its holder he took his own canteen.

From the convulsive quivers of the man's shoulders it was plain he had resumed the weeping.

From the man who had leaped in from the high bank outside, as the train had slowed on the grade.

From my wife's experience and other sources, this seems to be rarely encountered in educated circles.

From the terraces -- eighteen in all -- broad flights of steps descend into the water or onto still more terraces barely above the level of the river.

From this being come new movement ideas that utilize dancer and property as a single unit.

From high in the tree, the whole block lay within range of the eye, but the ground was almost nowhere visible.

From above one could only occasionally catch a glimpse of life on the floor of this green sea: a neighbor's gingham skirt flashing into sight for an instant on the path beneath her grape-arbor, or the movement of hands above a clothesline and the flutter of garments hung there, half-way down the block.

From maturity one looks back at the succession of years, counts them and makes them many, yet cannot feel length in the number, however large.

From this time on Heidenstam proceeded to find his deeper self.

From being a hated tyrant and madman he was now the symbol of all that was noblest and best in the history of Sweden.

From an initial investment of $1,200 in 1943, it has grown, with no additional capital investment, to a present value estimated by some as exceeding $10,000,000 ( we don't disclose financial figures to the public ).

Harris J. Griston, in Shaking The Dust From Shakespeare ( 216 ), writes: `` There is not a word spoken by Shylock which one would expect from a real Jew ''.

From Philadelphia came Cyrus Adler and Joseph Jastrow.

From her California headquarters, Miriam fired back, `` I shall never divorce Mr. Wright, to permit him to marry Olga Milanoff ''.

From all reports so far received, its performance conformed to the high standards I have just described.

On the very day that the parliamentary session began, another `` Infamous Libel '' appeared, entitled A Letter From The Facetious Dr. Andrew Tripe, At Bath, To The Venerable Nestor Ironside.

From his playmates in Savannah, Mercer had picked up, along with a soft Southern dialect, traces also of the Gullah dialects of Africa.

Pasiphaë and the Minotaur, Attica | Attic red-figure kylix ( drinking cup ) | kylix found at Etruscan Vulci ( Cabinet des Médailles, Paris )

The Etruscans, who paired Ariadne with Dionysus, never with Theseus, offered an alternative Etruscan view of the Minotaur, never seen in Greek arts: on an Etruscan red-figure wine-cup of the early-to-mid fourth century Pasiphaë tenderly cradles an infant Minotaur on her knee.

The scene on the back is a type known from at least four other mirrors, as well as engraved Etruscan gems and Attic red-figure vases.

The objects included a Greek red-figure kylix from the 5th-century BC, signed by the painter Onesimos and the potter Euphronios as potter, looted from the Etruscan site of Cerveteri ; a torso of the god Mithra from the 2nd-century AD, and the head of a youth by the Greek sculptor Polykleitos.

At the moment he was excited about his son's having received the Prix De Rome in archaeology and was looking forward to being present this summer at the excavation of an Etruscan tomb.

Apollo is known in Greek-influenced Etruscan mythology as Apulu.

This Greek abacus saw use in Achaemenid Persia, the Etruscan civilization, Ancient Rome and, until the French Revolution, the Western Christian world.

Romansh, spoken by two percent of the population in southeast Switzerland, is an ancient Rheato-Romanic language derived from Latin, remnants of ancient Celtic languages and perhaps Etruscan.

Since some of the Roman months were named in honor of divinities, and as April was sacred to the goddess Venus, the Festum Veneris et Fortunae Virilis being held on the first day, it has been suggested that Aprilis was originally her month Aphrilis, from her equivalent Greek goddess name Aphrodite ( Aphros ), or from the Etruscan name Apru.

Another non-Greek etymology suggested by M. Hammarström, looks to Etruscan, comparing ( e ) pruni " lord ", an Etruscan honorific loaned into Greek as πρύτανις.

In Etruscan legend, he was known as Aivas Vilates.

In Etruscan mythology, he is known as Aivas Tlamunus.

The cemeteries of the period in Bologna contain La Tène weapons and other artifacts, as well as Etruscan items such as bronze mirrors.

At Monte Bibele not far away one grave contained La Tène weapons and a pot with an Etruscan female name scratched on it.

The Department also houses one of the widest-ranging collections of Italic and Etruscan antiquities and extensive groups of material from Cyprus.

" In an Etruscan bronze mirror relief, a common barnyard pig is depicted at the feet of Circe: Odysseus and Elpenor approach her, swords drawn.

Besides the history of Augustus ' reign that caused him so much grief, his major works included an Etruscan history and eight volumes on Carthaginian history, as well as an Etruscan Dictionary and a book on dice playing.

( Claudius is actually the last person known to have been able to read Etruscan.

Its invention is commonly credited to the Celts, but there are also examples of Etruscan pattern mail dating from at least the 4th century BCE.

An ancient Etruscan vase from Caere ( ca 525 BC ) depicting Heracles presenting Cerberus to Eurystheus.

The Roman / Etruscan cornu ( or simply " horn ") is the lingual ancestor of these.

In Greek mythology, Daedalus ( Latin, also Hellenized Latin Daedalos, Greek Daidalos () meaning " cunning worker ", and Etruscan Taitale ) was a skillful craftsman and artisan.

An early image of winged Daedalus appears on an Etruscan jug of ca 630 BC found at Cerveteri, where a winged figure captioned Taitale appears on one side of the vessel, paired on the other side, uniquely, with Metaia, Medea: " its linking of these two mythical figures is unparalleled ," Robin Lane Fox observes: " The link was probably based on their wondrous, miraculous art.

The iconographical analysis allows the dating of this image to the 6th century at which time there are Etruscan models.

Etruscan was superseded completely by Latin, leaving only a few documents and some loanwords in Latin, such as persona ( from Etruscan φersu ), and some place-names, such as Roma.