Pelasgus

Pelasgus [CL] 1 Pelasgian, Greek; b (of language). c (ignis ~us) Greek fire. transtulit in Latium peregrina volumina pandens / thesaurosque simul librorum forte Pelasgos / edidit in lucem Aldh. VirgV 2150.  b raucisono medium crepitare per aethera [v. l. aethra] suescens / Romuleis scribor biblis, sed voce Pelasga, / nomine nocturnas dum semper servo tenebras Aldh. Aen. 35. 6; indidit ex cornu nomen mihi lingua Pelasga Ib. 60. 10; nomen imago dedit servandum voce Pelasga Hwætberht Aen. 53.1; infandus volucer sum, et nomen habebo Pelasgum Ib. 57. 1; lingua Pelasga, Latina sibi non nescia, vati; / artibus hisce preibat, lux quasi clara diei R. Cant. Poems 25. 6; hic sacer in tumba pausat cum corpore presul / quem nunc Theodorum lingua Pelasga vocat Elmh. Cant. 283.  c ignem ~um, fu Gregis ‥ fue Gregos Teaching Latin II 136. 2 (as sb. m.) a Greek. 10‥ ~os, þa Creacisgan WW; non solum Itali et ~i, sed et alie gentes sanctis pignoribus habitis Deo grates concinunt Ord. Vit. VII 12 p. 218; priscos mores secuti, satis incongruum esse temere censuerunt Ib. X 24 p. 141; ~um, Gregés Teaching Latin II 136.

Pĕlasgus, (12) a, um, des Grecs, Grec : Virg. En. 9, 154 || pélasgique, nom dʼune espèce de laurier : Plin. 15, 132.

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Pelasgus

(Πελασγός), the mythical ancestor of the Pelasgians, the earliest inhabitants of Greece who established the worship of the Dodonaean Zeus, Hephaestus, the Cabeiri, and other divinities that belong to the earliest inhabitants of the country. In the different parts of the country once occupied by Pelasgians, there existed different traditions as to the origin and connection of Pelasgus. 1. In Arcadia

According to the Arcadian tradition, he was either an Autochthon (Paus. 2.14.3, 8.1.2; Hes. apud Apollod. 2.1.1), or a son of Zeus by Niobe; and the Oceanide Meliboea, the nymph Cyllene, or Deianeira, became by him the mother of Lycaon. (Apollod. l.c.,3.8.1; Hyg. Fab. 225; Dionys. A. R. 1.11, 13.) According to others, again, Pelasgus was a son of Arestor, and grandson of Iasus, and immigrated into Arcadia, where he founded the town of Parrhasia. (Schol. ad Eurip. Orest. 1642; Steph. Byz. s. v. Περρασία.) 2. In Argos

In Argos, Pelasgus was believed to have been a son of Triopas and Sois, and a brother of Iasus, Agenor, and Xanthus, or a son of Phoroneus, and to have founded the city of Argos in Peloponnesus, to have taught the people agriculture, and to have received Demeter, on her wanderings, at Argos, where his tomb was shown in later times. (Paus. 1.14.2, 2.22.2; Schol. ad Eurip. Orest. 920; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 385; comp. Pelasga.) 3. In Thessaly

In Thessaly, Pelasgus was described as the father of Chlorus, and as the grandfather of Haemon, or as the father of Haemon, and as the grandfather of Thessalus (Steph. Byz. s. v. Αἱμονια; Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. 3.1089; Dionys. A. R. 1.17), or again as a son of Poseidon and Larissa, and as the founder of the Thessalian Argos. Further Information

Dionys. l.c.; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 321; comp. Clinton, Fast. Hell. vol. i. p. 9, &c. [L.S]

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.

Pelasgus Pelasgus, an Arcadian

• Paus. 2.14.4
• first man to live in Arcadia: Paus. 8.1.4
• his inventions: Paus. 8.1.5ff.

Pelasgus(2), father of Hippothous

• Apollod. E.3.34

Pelasgus(3), son of Triopas

• Paus. 2.22.1
• father of Larisa: Paus. 2.24.1
• receives Demeter at Argos: Paus. 1.14.2
• his grave at Argos: Paus. 2.22.1

Pelasgus(4), son of Zeus and Niobe

• or, according to Hesiod, a son of the soil: Apollod. 1.9.28, Apollod. 2.1.1, Apollod. 3.7.7
• father of Lycaon: Apollod. 3.7.7