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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
THE OLD ITALIAN TRIBES CONSIDERED AS RELATED TO EACH OTHER.
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7
The SABINES-how related to the Umbrians and Oscans
The Umbrians-their ancient greatness
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9
Reduced to insignificance by successive contacts with the
Tyrrheno-Pelasgians and Etruscans
The PELASGIANS the differences of their position in Italy
and Greece respectively
10 They preserve their national integrity in Etruria
11 Meaning and extent of the name “Tyrrhenian❞
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The ETRUSCANS-the author's theory respecting their origin
The names ETRUSCUS and RASENA cannot be brought to an
agreement with TYRSENUS
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16
14 It is explicitly stated by ancient writers that the Etruscans
came from Rætia
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15
This view of the case is after all the most reasonable
16 It is confirmed by all available evidence, and especially by
the contrast between the town and country languages of
Etruria
Farther inferences derivable from (a) the traditionary his-
tory of the Luceres
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20
18 (6) Fragmentary records of the early constitution of Rome
(c) Etymology of some mythical proper names
General conclusion as to the mutual relations of the old
Italian tribes
SECT.
3 Inferences derivable from the contrast of Pelasgian and Hel-
lenic architecture
Supported by deductions from the contrasted mythology of
the two races
5 Thracians, Getæ, and Scythians
Iranian origin of the Sarmatians, Scythians, and Getæ, may
be shown (1) generally, and (2) by an examination of the
remains of the Scythian language
8 Mode of discriminating the ethnical elements in this chain
of nations
Peculiarities of the Scythian language suggested by Aristo-
phanes
Successive peopling of Asia and Europe: fate of the Mon-
golian race
The Pelasgians were of Sclavonian origin
15 Foreign affinities of the Umbrians, &c.
.
Reasons for believing that they were the same race as the
Lithuanians
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Farther confirmation from etymology
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Celtic tribes intermixed with the Sclavonians and Lithuanfans
in Italy and elsewhere
The Sarmatæ probably a branch of the Lithuanian family
Gothic or Low-German affinities of the ancient Etruscans
shown by their ethnographic opposition to the Veneti
Reasons for comparing the old Etruscan with the Old Norse
Old Norse explanations of Etruscan proper names
Contacts and contrasts of the Semitic and the Sclavonian
Predominant Sclavonism of the old Italian languages
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CHAPTER III.
THE UMBRIAN LANGUAGE AS EXHIBITED IN THE EUGUBINE TABLES.
Peculiarities by which the old Italian alphabets were distin-
guished
6 Selections from the Eugubine Tables, with explanations: Tab.
I. a, 1.
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11
Umbrian words which approximate to their Latin synonyms
The Todi Inscription contains four words of the same class
CHAPTER IV.
THE SABELLO-OSCAN LANGUAGE.
1 The remains of the Oscan language must be considered as
Sabellian also
2 Alphabetical List of Sabello-Oscan words, with their interpre-
THE ETRUSCAN LANGUAGE.
1 Transcriptions of proper names the first clue to an inter-
pretation of the Etruscan language
2 Names of Etruscan divinities derived and explained
3 Alphabetical list of Etruscan words interpreted
4
Etruscan Inscriptions-difficulties attending their interpre-
tation
5 Inscriptions in which the Pelasgian element predominates
6 Transition to the inscriptions which contain Scandinavian
words. The laurel-crowned Apollo. Explanation of the
words CLAN and PHLERES
7 Inscriptions containing the words SUTHI and TRCE
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170
Inferences derivable from the words SVER, CVER, and THUR
or THAUR
9 Striking coincidence between the Etruscan and Old Norse
in the use of the auxiliary verb Lata .
177
The great Perugian Inscription critically examined-its Runic
affinities
180
11 Harmony between linguistic research and ethnographic tra-
dition in regard to the ancient Etruscans
189
General remarks on the absorption or evanescence of the
old Etruscan language
191
22 The Silian and Papirian laws, and the Edict of the curule Ediles 230
4 Hypothetical forms of the nominative and accusative plural
5 Existing forms-the genitive
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