Πελασγός , pl. Πελασγοί: Pelasgian, the
Pelasgians, the early population of Greece, first mentioned in the
region about Dodōna; then in Thessaly, Il. 2.840; Boeotia, Attica, and the
Peloponnēsus, Il. 17.288;
Homer mentions other Pelasgians from Cyme, on the side of the Trojans,
Il. 10.429; and still others in
Crete, Od. 19.177.