• connection of Pelasgus. Some ancient Greeks even used to believe that he was the first man. In Argos, several Inachid kings were called Pelasgus: Pelasgus, brother...
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    Pelasgus stymphalicus, also known as the dáska or stymphalia minnow, is a threatened species of small freshwater fish. It is a short-lived species, and...
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  • Greek mythology, Pelasgus (Ancient Greek: Πελασγός, Pelasgós means "ancient") also known as Gelanor, was an Inachid king of Argos. Pelasgus was the son of...
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    Pelasgus is a genus of cyprinid fishes that is only found in the Balkans. There are currently seven described species in this genus. Pelasgus epiroticus...
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  • Pelasgus epiroticus, or tsima, is a species of freshwater minnow in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to lake Pamvotis in Greece. Due to the restricted...
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  • Castnius pelasgus is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Suriname, Peru and Amazonas. The wingspan is about 60 mm. Castnius pelasgus pelasgus (Surinam)...
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    Arcadia (the region ruled by autochthonous Pelasgus' son Lycaon) into an Argive-Pelasgian kingdom ruled by Pelasgus. This affirms the ancient Greek origins...
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    represent a single species. Species collapsed into H. thysbe include: Sphinx pelasgus Cramer, 1780 Sesia cimbiciformis Stephens, 1828 Sesia ruficaudis Kirby...
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  • daughters, Hyperippe and Diomeneia. Arcas's other sons were Erymanthus and Pelasgus. Callisto was a nymph in the retinue of the goddess Artemis, or in some...
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  • daughter of Pelasgus, son of Triopas, king of Argos. Hellanicus states that the sons of Poseidon and Larissa were Achaios, Phthios, and Pelasgus. These sons...
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    The epiros minnow (Pelasgus thesproticus) is a species of cyprinid fish. It is found in Albania and north eastern Greece, including the island of Corfu...
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    8th cent. BC Heracles Lysithoe Cic. DND 1st cent. BC Locrus Maera Argus, Pelasgus Niobe Apollod. 1st/2nd cent. AD Graecus, Latinus Pandora Hes. Cat. 6th...
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    King Pelasgus that if he refuses their plea, they will commit suicide by hanging themselves on the statues of the gods at the sanctuary. Pelasgus wants...
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  • The Marathon minnow (Pelasgus marathonicus) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish from the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. It is endemic...
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  • The Prespa minnow (Pelasgus prespensis) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Lake Prespa which lies in the southern...
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  • fathered Arestor, father of Pelasgus who migrated to Arcadia. After the death of Phoroneus, the two elder brothers, Pelasgus and Iasus, divided his dominions...
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  • daughter of Pelasgus, the son of Triopas, meaning he is of Argive descent through his mother's parentage. He is the brother of Phthius and Pelasgus. Together...
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  • Argos, was the son and successor of Sthenelas. His real name was possibly Pelasgus, as Robert Graves has proposed that the name "Gelanor" is a literary device...
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    cousins in Egypt.[clarification needed] They turn to King Pelasgus of Argos for protection, but Pelasgus refuses until the people of Argos weigh in on the decision...
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  • Eurisabe, Anthus, Pelasgus and Agenor were probably Triopas' sons when we took into account that Iasus was always called the brother of Pelasgus and Agenor even...
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    Hera until she found asylum in Egypt. Argos at the time was ruled by King Pelasgus, the eponym of all autochthonous [indigenous] inhabitants who had lived...
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  • seer and healer and a son of Apollo. In The Suppliants, the Argive king Pelasgus, son of Palaechthon, relates that Apis once came from Naupactus and freed...
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    loved by the god Apollo; see below entry of Daphne • Menippe -do- wife of Pelasgus, by whom she became the mother of Phrastor • Stilbe -do- bore to Apollo...
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  • Χλώρου) was the son of Pelasgus and father of Haemon, father of Thessalus. In some accounts, however, Haemon was called the son of Pelasgus instead. Haemon and...
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  • either from Larissa, a nymph in Greek mythology who was a daughter of Pelasgus, or from the name of the ancient city of Larissa in Greece which meant...
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  • The Evrotas minnow (Pelasgus laconicus) is a species of cyprinid fish. It is found only in Greece. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater springs...
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    Mortal Kleobis and Biton - Sons of a Hera priestess in Argos Iasus and Pelasgus - Sons of Phoroneus or Triopas Proetus and Acrisius - Rival twins, children...
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  • Aeschylus, an ancient Greek play where the Danaides seek protection from King Pelasgus The Suppliants (Euripides) by Euripides, an ancient Greek play where the...
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  • in their mythical ancestry, claiming that they descended from the hero Pelasgus, who sprung from the earth to become their ancestor and whose son was Lycaon...
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  • the first named Ismenus and the second named Pelagon (by Apollodorus) or Pelasgus (by Diodorus). Nothing else has survived about this Pelagon. Of Ismenus...
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