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Aita

For other uses, see Aita (disambiguation).
Fresco of Hades ("Aita", right) and Persephone ("Φersipnei", middle) leading a procession. Tomb of Orcus II, Tarquinia
Tomba Golini, Orvieto

Aita (Etruscan: 𐌀𐌕𐌉𐌀), also spelled Eita (Etruscan: 𐌀𐌕𐌉𐌄), is an epithet of the Etruscan chthonic fire god Śuri[1][2][3][4] as god of the underworld, roughly equivalent to the Greek god Hades (Epic Greek: Ἄϊδης, romanized: Áïdēs).[5]

  1. ^ Servius 380b, 11.785.
  2. ^ De Grummond 2004, p. 359.
  3. ^ National Etruscan Museum.
  4. ^ Maras 2010.
  5. ^ De Grummond 2006, p. 231.

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