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Definition of Pelasgians

Pelasgian
Pelasgian Pe*las"gi*an, Pelasgic Pe*las"gic, a. [L. Pelasgus, Gr. ? a Pelasgian.] 1. Of or pertaining to the Pelasgians, an ancient people of Greece, of roving habits. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Wandering.

Meaning of Pelasgians from wikipedia

- the Pelasgians continues to be archaeology and related sciences. The definition of the term 'Pelasgians in ancient sources was fluid. The Pelasgians were...
- Jason and the Argonauts, where Pelasgian women killed their men, and that of Herodotus narrative where the Pelasgians killed captive mothers and children...
- directly related. Arcadian Cynurians/Inland Cynurians (Arcadian Pelasgians/Parrhasia Pelasgians) - They lived in far southwestern Arcadia (an inland region...
- interpreted Bronze Age Greece as changing from a matriarchal society under the Pelasgians to a patriarchal one under continual pressure from victorious Gr****-speaking...
- originally Pelasgians who migrated to Italy from Lydia by way of the Gr**** island of Lemnos. They all described Lemnos as having been settled by Pelasgians, whom...
- Prehistory (pre-1100 BC) Neolithic Age Bronze Age Pelasgians Cycladic civilization Minoan civilization ****adic period Mycenaean period Bronze Age collapse...
- Herodotus ****erts several times that Pelasgians dwelt in the distant past with the Athenians in Attica, and that those Pelasgians driven from Attica in turn drove...
- Prehistory (pre-1100 BC) Neolithic Age Bronze Age Pelasgians Cycladic civilization Minoan civilization ****adic period Mycenaean period Bronze Age collapse...
- the Pelasgians used to speak I am not able with certainty to say. But if one must pronounce judging by those that still remain of the Pelasgians who dwelt...
- Sardinians, etc. Older sources sometimes identify the Peleset with the Pelasgians. However, this identification has numerous problems and is usually disregarded...