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Tyrrhenian
"Tyrrhenian" in a Sentence (4 examples)
Juno then, as a suppliant, addressed him in these words: "Aeolus (for the father of the gods has granted you authority to calm the seas and to stir them up with the winds), a race hateful to me is sailing upon the Tyrrhenian sea, carrying Troy along with its conquered gods to Italy."
This word [mufrone, 'mouflon'] has no Latin etymology and, especially since it specifically refers to animals endemic to the Tyrrhenian islands, it is suspect of being of pre-Roman origin.
Among the ancient Tyrrhenians also mixoscopy was prevalent.
Nuragic and Etruscan would have been introduced to Sardinia and Etruria ca. 1000 BCE from Anatolia. More specifically, the putative introduction of Tyrrhenian in these places, as well as in Corsica, the Balearic islands and the Iberian Peninsula is connected to a so-called "thalassocracy" and ensuing colonization by the Lydian people of Anatolia.
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