The Greeks thought that we Etruscans led dissolute lives. But why? Because we both pluck the hair from our bodies? Because we both braid and curl our hair? No. Let me tell you what the Greeks refused to accept: the fact that, for us Etruscans, men and women are equal, and that we are reclining together in a smiling embrace on this sarcophagus, both of us adorned for all eternity, and proud of our beauty.