Mirror with Lasa, Hamphiare, and Aivas. First half of the 4th c. B.C.; bronze. The British Museum. (

Mirror with Lasa, Hamphiare, and Aivas. First half of the 4th c. B.C.; bronze. The British Museum. (mirror/drawing)

“Dressed in a chiton and unrolling a scroll, she [Lasa] stands between two seated young warriors, whose attitudes express despondency. The names Hamphiare (Amphiaraos) and Aivas (Ajax) are written next to them and also inscribed on the scroll beneath the name of Lasa. Both heroes suffered an untimely death, and the suggestion that the Lasa on the mirror is meant to have announced their fate to them does not seem unjustified.” (Sybille Haynes, Etruscan Civilization: A Cultural History)