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.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Ionic Greek: Pelasgiê, 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