Editing Tages (section)

==Etymology==
As the [[Etruscan alphabet]] had no '[[G]]', Tages is most likely a Latinization of an Etruscan word. The reverse of a third-century&nbsp;[[Anno Domini|BC]] bronze mirror from [[Tuscania]] depicts a youthful ''[[haruspex]]'' in a conical hat examining a liver. He is labeled ''pavatarchies''. A second, older ''haruspex'' with a beard listens and is labeled ''avl tarchunus''. [[Massimo Pallottino]] made the generally accepted suggestion that the first name is to be segmented ''pava Tarchies'' and means "the child, Tarchies." The second name is "the son of Tarchon", where Tarchon is the legendary king of [[Tarquinia]], location of Tages' revelation, and also one of the founders of the Etruscan League. <!-- Another representation of a nude bearded male with boots, mantle and spear is marked ''Veltune'', the Etruscan for [[Vertumnus]], said by Varro (rightly or wrongly) to be "the principal deity of Etruria". !-- this is not relevant to Tages--><ref>{{Cite book|chapter=The Religion of the Etruscans|editor-first=Nancy Thomson|editor-last=De Grummond|editor2-first=Erika|editor2-last=Simon|publisher=University of Texas Press|location=Austin|year=2006|isbn=0-292-70687-1|first=Nancy Thomson|last=de Grummond|title=Prophets and Priests|page=29}}</ref>

Gm. M. Facchetti proposed an alternative hypothesis linking the name to the repetitive Etruscan stem thac-/thax, which he interprets as 'voice'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.academia.edu/45186231|title = Alcune osservazioni linguistiche sul nome di Tagete, in "AION", 9 (N.s.), 2020 (Giulio M. Facchetti)|last1 = Facchetti|first1 = Giulio Mauro}}</ref>