(Τυρρηνοί/Tyrrhēnoí, Ionian and Old Attic Τυρσηνοί/Tyrs ēnoí cf. Lat. Tyrrheni). Greek name for the Etruscans (Etrusci), used not only of that people in Italy, but also of peoples of the east, occasionally also identified with the Pelasgi (cf. Hes. Theog. 1011-1016; Hecat. FGrH 1 F 59; H. Hom. 7,8; Soph. fr. 270 Radt; Hellanicus FGrH 4 F 4; Thuc. 4,109,4; Philochorus FGrH 328 F 100).
Loci classici for the issue of the origins of the Etruscans are Hdt. 1,57; 1,94 and Dion. Hal. Ant. Rom. 1,25-30. Herodotus believes the first Etruscans to ha…