The Religion of the Etruscans. Edited by Nancy Thomson De grummond and Erika Simon. (Austin, Tex.: University of Texas Press, 2006. Pp. 225. $50.00.)

Reflections from the Tomb: Mirrors as Grave Goods in Late Classical and Hellenistic Tarquinia

“…74 De Grummond agrees that "Lasa's activities were of course relevant for the woman who wished to make herself physically appealing to her lover, but she also played a role in the afterlife, supplying the fragrant unguents that were evidently a regular feature in ancient funerals." 84 A winged youth holding two eggs, moreover, appears in the exergue of an engraved mirror from Volterra, 85 which depicts Hercle nursing at Uni's breast, the subject of the mirror from Tomb 65 (see Figure 15). The choice of subject matter becomes comprehensible if we acknowledge the significance of adornment in the life and afterlife of an Etruscan woman.…”