Pelasgian
of or relating to the Pelasgians.
a member of a prehistoric people inhabiting Greece, Asia Minor, and the islands of the eastern Mediterranean.
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From each of these uses, the last especially, we may draw fresh presumptions of his high estimate of the Pelasgian name.
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3 | W. E. GladstoneNow it may have been the general rule to call the citadels of the Pelasgian towns Larissa.
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3 | W. E. GladstoneSuch I have presumed to have been the ordinary history of the Pelasgian Larissas.
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3 | W. E. GladstoneHence it is easy to account both for its original Pelasgian character, and for the long retention of it.
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3 | W. E. GladstoneFrom its rich pastures, Arcadia was originally well adapted for Pelasgian inhabitants.
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3 | W. E. Gladstone
British Dictionary definitions for Pelasgian
/ (pɛˈlæzdʒɪən) /
a member of any of the pre-Hellenic peoples (the Pelasgi) who inhabited Greece and the islands and coasts of the Aegean Sea before the arrival of the Bronze Age Greeks
of or relating to these peoples
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