Editing Pelasgians (section)

==== Pausanias ====
In his ''[[Description of Greece]]'', [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] mentions the [[Arcadia (ancient region)|Arcadians]] who state that [[Pelasgus]] (along with his followers) was the first inhabitant of their land.<ref>Pausanias. ''Description of Greece'', [http://www.theoi.com/Text/Pausanias8A.html 8.1.4].</ref> Upon becoming king, Pelasgus invented [[huts]], sheep-skin coats, and a diet consisting of [[acorn]]s while governing the land named after him, "Pelasgia".<ref>Pausanias. ''Description of Greece'', [http://www.theoi.com/Text/Pausanias8A.html 8.1.5] and [http://www.theoi.com/Text/Pausanias8A.html 8.1.6].</ref> When [[Arcas]] became king, Pelasgia was renamed "[[Arcadia (ancient region)|Arcadia]]" and its inhabitants (the Pelasgians) were renamed "Arcadians".<ref>Pausanias. ''Description of Greece'', [http://www.theoi.com/Text/Pausanias8A.html 8.4.1].</ref> Pausanias also mentions the Pelasgians as responsible for creating a wooden image of [[Orpheus]] in a sanctuary of [[Demeter]] at Therae,<ref>Pausanias. ''Description of Greece'', [http://www.theoi.com/Text/Pausanias3B.html 3.20.5].</ref> as well as expelling the [[Minyans]] and [[Lacedaemonians]] from Lemnos.<ref>Pausanias. ''Description of Greece'', [http://www.theoi.com/Text/Pausanias7A.html 7.2.2].</ref>