Aristonothos a Cerveteri, tra Odisseo, Agrio e Latino

The study proposes a further reflection on the famous verses of the Hesiod’s Theogony dedicated to Agrius and Latinus (Hes. Th., 1011-16): the basic assumption is that the reference of the sons of Odysseus and Circe is structured in relation to the episode of Polyphemus (Od. 9), used as a negative paradigm for denoting the inverse image of the two kings of Tyrsenoi. According to this hypothesis, the passage of the Theogony may be considered as a true founding myth of syngeneia between Greeks and Etruscans: it explains the early reception of the theme of Odysseus and Polyphemus in prestigious Etruscan vases of the seventh century. B.C. as, e. g., the well-known crater of Aristonothos.