Editing Tarchon

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In [[Etruscan mythology]], '''Tarchon''' was a [[culture hero]] who co-founded the [[Etruscan dodecapolis]] along with his brother [[Tyrrhenus]]. He appears in literature such as [[Virgil]]'s ''[[Aeneid]]'', where he is described as King of the Tyrrhenians. In the poem, he leads the Etruscans in their alliance with [[Aeneas]] against [[Turnus]] and the other Latian tribes.<ref>Book VIII.506, 603; X.153, 290; XI.727, 746</ref> The later Byzantine writer [[John the Lydian]] distinguishes two legendary people by this name.<ref>{{cite book|first=Joannes Laurentius|last=Lydus|title=De Ostentis|chapter=2.6.B}}</ref> In his version of the myth, Tarchon the Elder received the ''[[Etruscan_religion#Etrusca_Disciplina|Etrusca Disciplina]]'' from the prophet [[Tages]] while Tarchon the Younger fought with Aeneas after his arrival in Italy.{{cn|date=June 2024}}

The English spelling ''Tarchon'' comes from the [[Greek language|Greek]] {{Lang|grc|Τάρχων}}, or {{Lang|grc|Τάρκων}} which itself is thought to reflect ''{{Lang|ett|tarχun}}'' in the [[Etruscan language]].<ref>{{cite book| authorlink = Giuliano Bonfante| last = Bonfante | first =  Giuliano|author2=Bonfante, Larissa |authorlink2=Larissa Bonfante | title = The Etruscan Language: an Introduction, Revised Edition
 | location = Manchester| publisher = University of Manchester Press| year = 2002| isbn = 0-7190-5540-7| page=219}}</ref> The name is thought to be related to the Latin [[Tarquinius]], the name of a Roman ''[[gens]]'', and of the Tarquins, two of the legendary [[Seven Kings of Rome]]. The [[Hittitology|Hittitologist]] [[Oliver Gurney]] proposed that the name could be related to the name of the [[Luwian]] storm god [[Tarhunt]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Green|first=Alberto R. W.|title=The storm-god in the ancient Near East|date=2003|publisher=Eisenbrauns|location=Winona Lake, Ind.|isbn=1-57506-069-8|pages=132–133}}</ref> though this connection has been dismissed by other researchers such as [[Carlo De Simone (linguist)|Carlo De Simone]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=De Simone |first1=Carlo |author-link1= Carlo De Simone |year=1982 |editor1-last=Tischler |editor1-first= Johann |title= Serta Indogermanica. Festschrift für Günter Neumann zum 60. Geburtstag|language=German |location= Innsbruck |publisher=Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Innsbruck |pages=401–402|isbn=978-3851245684}}</ref>

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