Pelasgia

Pelasgia

Pelasgia

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For the modern Greek municipality, see Pelasgia, Phthiotis.

Pelasgia (Greek: Πελασγία, land of the Pelasgians) in historical geography may be an earlier toponym of

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  1. [1]
    Ionic Greek: Pelasgiê , Albanian:Pellasgia, Pellazgët,Herodotus 2.56.1 the place where this woman was sold in what is now Hellas, but was formerly called Pelasgia, was Thesprotia
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    Pausanias, 8.4.1 After "the king Arcas" the land was called Arcadia instead of Pelasgia and its inhabitants Arcadians instead of Pelasgians
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    Natural History (Pliny) 4.4 The Peloponnesus, which was formerly called Apia and Pelasgia
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    Strabo, Geographica 9. 5. 13,19 it is also called Larisa Pelasgia
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