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The Tyrrhenians (Attic Greek: ''Turrhēnoi'') or Tyrsenians (Ionic: ''Tursēnoi''; Doric: ''Tursānoi''〔(Τυρσηνός ), Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus〕) is an exonym used by Greek authors to refer to a non-Greek people. While ancient sources have been interpreted in a variety of ways, one theory identifies the Tyrsenians with the Etruscan, Raeti, and Lemnian cultures, whose languages have been grouped together as the Tyrsenian languages based on strong similarities in their written languages. == Earliest references == The origin of the name is uncertain. It is only known to be used by Greek authors, but apparently not of Greek origin. It has been connected to ''tursis'', also a "Mediterranean" loan into Greek, meaning "tower" (see there). Direct connections with ''Tusci'', the Latin exonym for the Etruscans, from ''Turs-ci'' have also been attempted.〔Alfred Heubeck, ''Praegraeca: sprachliche Untersuchungen zum vorgriechisch-indogermanischen Substrat,'' (Erlangen) 1961:65f.〕 See also ''Turan'', ''tyrant''. The earliest instances in literature are in Hesiod and the Homeric hymn to Dionysus. Hesiod has The Homeric hymn to Dionysus has Tyrsenian pirates seizing Dionysus, 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tyrrhenians」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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