Pelasgia

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

Greece (Hellas)^[1]
Arcadia^[2]
the Peloponnese^[3]
Larissa Cremaste a city in Phthiotis, southern Thessaly,^[4] where the historical Pelasgiotis district existed.

References

^ 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
^ Pausanias, 8.4.1 After "the king Arcas" the land was called Arcadia instead of Pelasgia and its inhabitants Arcadians instead of Pelasgians
^ Natural History (Pliny) 4.4 The Peloponnesus, which was formerly called Apia and Pelasgia
^ Strabo, Geographica 9. 5. 13,19 it is also called Larisa Pelasgia

[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

[2] Pausanias, 8.4.1 After "the king Arcas" the land was called Arcadia instead of Pelasgia and its inhabitants Arcadians instead of Pelasgians

[3] Natural History (Pliny) 4.4 The Peloponnesus, which was formerly called Apia and Pelasgia

[4] Strabo, Geographica 9. 5. 13,19 it is also called Larisa Pelasgia

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