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==== Aeschylus ==== [[Aeschylus]] incorporates all the territories that the Archaic tradition identifies as Pelasgian, including [[Thessaly]] (the region of Homer's Pelasgian Argos), [[Dodona]] (the seat of Homer's Pelasgian Zeus), and [[Arcadia (region)|Arcadia]] (the region ruled by autochthonous [[Pelasgus]]'s son [[Lycaon (king of Arcadia)|Lycaon]]) into an Argive-Pelasgian kingdom ruled by Pelasgus. This affirms the ancient Greek origins of the Pelasgians as well as their widespread settlements throughout [[Central Greece (geographic region)|central Greece]] and the [[Peloponnese]].{{sfn|Lambright|2022|pp=80-81}} In Aeschylus's play, ''[[The Suppliants (Aeschylus)|The Suppliants]]'', the [[Danaus|Danaids]] fleeing from [[Egypt]] seek asylum from King Pelasgus of Argos, which he says is on the [[Struma (river)|Strymon]], including [[Perrhaebia]] in the north, the Thessalian Dodona and the slopes of the [[Pindus]] mountains on the west and the shores of the sea on the east;<ref>Aeschylus. ''The Suppliants'', Lines 249β259.</ref> that is, a territory including but somewhat larger than classical [[Pelasgiotis]]. The southern boundary is not mentioned; however, Apis is said to have come to Argos from [[Naupactus]] "across" (''peras''),<ref>Aeschylus. ''The Suppliants'', Lines 262β263.</ref> implying that Argos includes all of east Greece from the north of Thessaly to the Peloponnesian Argos, where the Danaids are probably to be conceived as having landed. He claims to rule the Pelasgians and to be the {{qi|child of Palaichthon (or 'ancient earth') whom the earth brought forth}}. The Danaids call the country the "Apian hills" and claim that it understands the ''karbana audan''<ref>Aeschylus. ''The Suppliants'', Lines 128β129.</ref> ([[accusative case]], and in the Dorian dialect), which many translate as "barbarian speech" but Karba (where the ''Karbanoi'' live) is in fact a non-Greek word. They claim to descend from ancestors in ancient Argos even though they are of a "dark race" (''melanthes{{nbs}}... genos'').<ref>Aeschylus. ''The Suppliants'', Lines 154β155.</ref> Pelasgus admits that the land was once called Apia but compares them to the women of [[Libya]] and [[Egypt]] and wants to know how they can be from Argos on which they cite descent from [[Io (mythology)|Io]].<ref>Aeschylus. ''The Suppliants'', Lines 279β281.</ref> According to Strabo, Aeschylus's ''Suppliants'' defines the original homeland of the Pelasgians as the region around [[Mycenae]].<ref name=":0" />
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