Tages

, a son of Genius, grandson of Jupiter, was the first who taught the 12 nations of the Etrurians the science of augury and divination. It is said that he was found by a Tuscan ploughman in the form of a clod, and that he a umed a human shape to instruct this nation, which became so celebrated for their knowledge of omens and incantations. Cicero , de Div in at i one bk. 2 , ch. 23 .— Ovid , Metamorphoses , bk. 15 , li. 558 .— Lucan , bk. 1 , li. 673 .