Editing Thesan (section)

===with Memnun ===
Another favorite scene of Thesan/Eos depicts a far more somber affair. Her son's Etruscan name is recorded as Memnum (Memrun)<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Bonfante |first=Giuliano |author-link=Giuliano Bonfante |title=The Etruscan Language: An Introduction |last2=Bonfante |first2=Larissa |author2-link=Larissa Bonfante |publisher=Manchester University Press |year=2002 |isbn=978-0719055409 |edition=2nd |location=Manchester, England |pages=201, 206–207}}</ref> being the equivalent to the Greek [[Memnon (mythology)|Memnon]]. This son by [[Tithonus]], another young man she abducted to be her lover, called ''Thinthun'' by the Etruscans and was killed in the [[Trojan War]].Eos grieved so terribly that she threatened never to bring forth the dawn again. She was finally persuaded to return, but in Her grief she weeps tears of dew every morning for Her beloved son. One mirror-back shows Her before [[Tinia]] ([[Zeus]]) with ''Thethis'' ([[Thetis]]), the mother of Achle ([[Achilles]]). Both goddesses plead with [[Tinia]] to spare their sons' lives; but both were already doomed to die. This is known as the Memnon Pieta.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CONA Iconography Record |url=https://www.getty.edu/cona/CONAIconographyRecord.aspx?iconid=901001044 |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=www.getty.edu}}</ref>  The relief mirror mentioned (right) depicts Thesan carrying off the body of her dead son Memnun. Often in ancient art there are different interpretations as often figures were not labelled.  However Etruscan mirrors with figures do have names engraved beside them.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mirror with Engraved Scene: Thesan and Memnun (Eos and Memnon) {{!}} Cleveland Museum of Art |url=https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1952.259 |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=www.clevelandart.org |language=en-US}}</ref>