Pelasgic
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of Pelasgic
Example Sentences
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Not with Grecians will I make them think they have to do, nor a Pelasgic force kept off till the tenth year by Hector.
From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil
A Pelasgic wall extends as a boundary-wall below the Aesculapieum, then onward at about the same level until interrupted by the Odeum of Herodes Atticus.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
In the cliff of the Palatine, below the fig-tree, was shown for many centuries the cavern Lupercal, sacred from the earliest times to the Pelasgic god Pan.
From Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. Hare
Here again near the entrance to the Pelasgic fortification, is where we should expect a priori to find the oldest religious foundations "outside the Polis."
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
In view of its position outside of the gate of the ancient Pelasgic city, by the wine-press, we understand why the contest in the Lenaeum was called a contest κατ' αγρούς.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
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