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Pelasgi

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Pelasgi

In classical writings, the pre-Hellenic peoples of Greece. The adjective ‘pelasgic’ was applied to anything surviving from prehistoric times; the earliest fortification on the Acropolis in Athens is the Pelasgian Walk.



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There is a fair and fruitful island in mid-ocean called Crete; it is thickly peopled and there are ninety cities in it: the people speak many different languages which overlap one another, for there are Achaeans, brave Eteocretans, Dorians of three-fold race, and noble Pelasgi.
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To the seaward lie the Carians, the Paeonian bowmen, the Leleges, the Cauconians, and the noble Pelasgi.
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