Pelasgi
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of Pelasgi
< Latin Pelasgī < Greek Pelasgoí
Example Sentences
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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 Pelasgi, as we have seen, worshipped unnamed impersonal powers of the universe, without image or temple.
From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by James Freeman Clarke
The Spinetes, were originally Pelasgi, who had emigrated and settled by chance rather than design, on the south banks of the Po.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson by William Stevenson
Dempster seems to think that there was an indigenous population in Etruria, but that it was increased both by the Lydian emigration and by colonies of Pelasgi from Greece18.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by John Dunlop
It was founded by the Pelasgi before the Trojan war and was dedicated to Jupiter.
From Ancient States and Empires by John Lord
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