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In Greek mythology, Pelasgus referred to several different people. One was the first king of Arcadia, the ancestor of the Pelasgians, whom Herodotus claimed were the oldest ...
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In Greek mythology, the mythical ancestor of the Pelasgians, a people that Herodotus called the eldest inhabitants of Greece. It is also the name of the king of Argos who sheltered ...
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Pelasgus, in Greek mythology, ancestor of the Pelasgians, or earliest inhabitants of Greece. Pelasgus was said to have been born from the earth or, according to later versions, to have been the son or grandson of Phoroneus of Árgos.

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