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The style of the building showed that it dated from pre-Greek times, when the Great Gods were young.

From Time Magazine Archive

These and their like were what the pre-Greek world worshiped.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

The only real Pelasgian problem, concludes Meyer, is whether the Thessalian Pelasgians were a Greek or pre-Greek people, and he is inclined to favour the latter view.

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court

He devoted himself to the study of Eastern language and history in its pre-Greek and Hellenistic periods and contributed largely to the literature of the subject.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

These reliefs belong to that pre-Greek oriental art generally called Hittite, of which there are numerous remains in the eastern half of the peninsula.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various