Pelasgic
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of Pelasgic
Example Sentences
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The oldest inhabitants thus appear to have been of Pelasgic stock, Celto-Thracian.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)
For the triangular arch openings in the wall, compare Dodwell, Pelasgic Remains, pl.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.
Agamemnon is also ξανθος and remember, if you please, that he is in direct descent from Epaphos, the swarthy ancestor of the Pelasgic houses.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 by Various
The region in which the quarries existed was the most ancient seat of Pelasgic religion.
From Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Macmillan, Hugh
Is it an old Pelasgic or a Thracian forest grown mænadic over some forgotten vengeance of the early days?
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 by Various
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