person
Tages
also: Tages
A divine boy with the wisdom of an old man, said in Etruscan legend to have sprung from a furrow near Tarquinii and dictated the discipline of haruspicy. Cicero mocks the tale as the absurd foundation-myth of Etruscan divination.
Reading notes
- On Divination §2.50 A certain Tages
In Etruscan legend a boy with an old man's wisdom who sprang from a furrow near Tarquinii and dictated the lore of haruspicy. Cicero treats the tale as the absurd foundation-myth of the art.