Pelasgi
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of Pelasgi
< Latin Pelasgī < Greek Pelasgoí
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The Pelasgi consecrated groves, and appointed solemn festivals, in honor of Sylvānus.
From Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) by Charles K. Dillaway
This accounts for the statement of Herodotus that the Pelasgi came from Lydia in Asia Minor, without our being obliged to assume that they came by sea,—a fact highly improbable.
From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by James Freeman Clarke
According to Pherecydes, the original inhabitants were Leleges, while according to other accounts Thessalian Pelasgi possessed the island before it became an Ionian state.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
The occurrence is said to have taken place in the earliest times of the Tyrrhenian dominion of the sea, during the contest between the Tyrrhenian Pelasgi and the Phœnicians.
From The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Warburton
At some distance from the mouth of the Peneus was Larissa, the city of Achilles, and the general capital of the Pelasgi.
From Ancient States and Empires by John Lord
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