Pelasgus
(
Πέλασγος). The mythical ancestor of the Pelasgi, by some
regarded as sprung from the earth, but by others described as the son of Zeus (Pausan. ii. 14,
3;
Apollod. ii.1.1); or of Phoroneus (Pausan. i. 14, 2), or of
Poseidon and Larissa (
Dionys. i. 17). See
Pelasgi.