Etruscan votive head of a young man 4th C. BCE

"Indeed, the Tyrrhenians had lost above a third part of their army, and fearing for the rest, they now gave the signal for a retreat and stopped fighting for a short time; and sending heralds to the men, they offered them their lives and a safe-conduct if they would lay down their arms and evacuate the fortress. When the others refused their offer and chose the death befitting men of noble birth, the Tyrrhenians renewed the struggle, attacking them in relays, though no longer fighting at close quarters in hand-to‑hand combat, but standing in a body and hurling javelins and stones at them from a distance; and the multitude of missiles was like a snow-storm."

-Dionysius of Halicarnassus, The Roman Antiquities: Book 9.21

Etruscan votive head of a young man 4th C. BCE. With curly hair; extensive original pigment remaining. Very fine style. H. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm.) Ex Seattle Art Museum; English private collection; W. H. collection, Westport, CT; American private collection, acquired from Royal-Athena in November 2004. Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, 1985, no. 193; J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, 2006, no. 80.

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https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Dionysius_of_Halicarnassus/9A*.html#21