1 Introduction
In 1750 BC, a great flood occurred in the upper reaches of the Cephisus River, north of Mount Parnassus. [1]
Looking for new territory, people led by Phoroneus, son of Inachus, migrated to the Peloponnesus Peninsula, settled on the edge of the plain, and founded Phoroneus (later Argos). [2]
In 1690 BC, Phoroneus's son Apis annexed Aegialeia (later Sicyon) to Phoroneus and became ruler of Peloponnesus.
2 Pelasgus, the eponym
Pelasgus, son of Niobe, was the eponym of the Pelasgians. [3]
However, Pelasgus' name does not appear among the names of the kings of Argos listed by the 2nd-century BC chronicler Castor. [4]
It is believed that the descendants of Phoroneus came to be called Pelasgians after Pelasgus for the following reasons:
Apis annexed Aegialeia to Phoroneus and appointed his nephew Pelasgus to rule Aegialeia. Aegialeia was home to the Telchines, whose leader was Telchis. [5]
To distinguish them from the Telchines, the people who migrated from Phoroneus to Aegialeia with Pelasgus were called Pelasgians after Pelasgus. [6]
In other words, the Pelasgians originated in Aegialeia (later Sicyon), not Phoroneus.
3 Migration from Aegialeia to Argos
In 1665 BC, Apis died in a battle with the Telchines, and Sicyon became independent from Phoroneus. [7]
Pelasgus also died in the battle, and the Pelasgians living in Sicyon, led by Pelasgus' son Lycaon, migrated to Phoroneus.
Apis was succeeded by Argus, the son of Apis' sister Niobe. [8]
Phoroneus was named after Argus and named after him. [9]
4 Civil War in Argos
In 1635 BC, the Inachians and Parrhasians, who lived in Argos, fought each other, each allied with the sons of Argus.
As a result of this conflict, Pelasgians migrated from Argos to various places.
4.1 Founding of Tiryns and Epidaurus
Tiryns, son of Argus, migrated southeast from Argos and founded Tiryns. [10]
Epidaurus, son of Argus, migrated east from Argos and founded Epidaurus. [11]
4.2 Migration to Italy
In 1635 BC, Oenotrus and Peucetius migrated from Argos to the Italian peninsula. [12]
Oenotrus and Peucetius' migration was likely due to internal conflicts in Argos.
Oenotrus and Peucetius were sons of Lycaon, son of Argus' brother Pelasgus. [13]
The Pelasgians, led by Oenotrus, changed their name to Oenotrians (or Oenotri). [14]
The Pelasgians, led by Peucetius, changed their name to Peucetians (or Peucetii, Poedicli). [15]
4.3 Usurpation of the throne
In 1601 BC, Phorbas, son of Criasus, son of Argus, usurped the throne from Triops, son of Peirasus, son of Argus.
Argus, son of Agenor, son of Ecbasus, son of Argus, who sided with Triops, migrated from Argos to Mycenae. The city came to be called Argion. [16]
Before Argus's migration, the Telchines likely inhabited Mycenae.
Following Argus's marriage to Ismene, daughter of Thurimachus, the seventh king of Sicyon, further Telchines migrated from Sicyon to Mycenae. [17]
It is likely that the Telchines outnumbered the Pelasgians in Mycenae.
5 Great Migration from Argos
In 1560 BC, Messapus, son of Argus of Mycenae, attacked Argos and expelled its inhabitants.
The Pelasgians, led by Pelasgus, son of Agenor, son of Triopas, migrated southwest from Argos to the foot of Mount Lycaeus (1,421 m above sea level) in Arcadia. [18]
The Pelasgians who migrated to Arcadia changed their name to Arcadians after Arcas, son of Callisto, a descendant of Pelasgus. [19]
The descendants of Pelasgus, son of Agenor, are described in "Genealogy of Arcadians."
Other Pelasgians (Parrhasians) who lived in Argos migrated to various places. [20]
5.1 Migration from Argos to Egypt
In 1560 BC, the Pelasgians, led by Iasus, son of Triopas, son of Phorbas, son of Criasus, son of Argus, son of Niobe, migrated from Argos to Egypt. [21]
Iasus' daughter, Io, married Telegonus, who lived in Sais, Egypt. [22]
Io's son, Epaphus, migrated south of the Nile Delta and founded Memphis. [23]
Io also had a son named Cranaus. [24]
5.1.1 Migration from Egypt to Athens
In 1515 BC, Io's son, Cranaus, led the Pelasgians from Egypt to Attica. [25]
Cranaus became the second king of Athens, and the Pelasgians became known as Cranaans. [26]
In 1492 BC, Erichthonius, son of Atthis, daughter of Cranaus, led the Pelasgians from Egypt to Athens. [27]
The Pelasgians intermingled with the indigenous Ectenes and changed their name to Athenians.
The descendants of Cranaus are described in "Genealogy of Athenians."
5.1.2 Migration from Egypt to Peloponnesus
Libya, daughter of Epaphus, son of Io, had three sons: Agenor, Belus, and Lelex. [28]
In 1430 BC, the Pelasgians, led by Belus' sons and Lelex, migrated to Peloponnesus.
The Pelasgians, who lived in Peloponnesus, subsequently cohabited with the Achaeans, who originated in Thessaly.
5.1.2.1 Migration from Egypt to Argos
In 1430 BC, the Pelasgians, led by Danaus, son of Belus, migrated to Peloponnesus and settled in Argos. [29]
Argos was the city from which Danaus' ancestors had been exiled 130 years earlier.
5.1.2.2 Migration from Egypt to Lacedaemon
In 1430 BC, the Pelasgians, led by Lelex, migrated to the middle reaches of the Eurotas River. [30]
5.1.2.3 Migration from Egypt to Megara
Lelex then led the Pelasgians to Megara, the land where Car, son of Phoroneus, had migrated from Argos 12 generations before Lelex. [31]
5.1.2.4 Migration from Egypt to Troezen
In 1430 BC, the Pelasgians, led by Orus, likely the son of Belus, migrated to the eastern Peloponnesus and founded Oraea (later Troezen). [32]
5.1.2.5 Migration from Egypt to Patrae
In 1430 BC, the Pelasgians, led by Aegyptus, son of Belus, migrated to the northwestern Peloponnesus and settled in Aroe (later Patrae). [33]
5.2 Migration from Argos to Asia Minor
In 1560 BC, the Pelasgians, led by Xanthus, brother of Iasus, colonized Lycia and then migrated to Issa (later Pelasgia, Lesbos). [34]
The Pelasgians, led by Cyrnus, who accompanied Xanthus, migrated to Caria and founded Cyrnus. [35]
5.3 Migration from Argos to Megara
In 1560 BC, the Pelasgians, led by Crotopus, son of Agenor, son of Triopas, migrated to the foot of Mount Geraneia in Megara and founded the Tripodiskion. [36]
In 1725 BC, Car, son of Phoroneus, migrated from Argos to Megara. [37]
5.4 Migration from Argos to Thessaly
In 1560 BC, the Pelasgians, led by Larisa, daughter of Pelasgus, son of Triopas, migrated to Thessaly. [38]
The Pelasgians settled over a wide area, centered around Larisa on the Peneius River in northern Thessaly. [39]
In 1511 BC, during the reign of Larisa's son Pelasgus, a major earthquake occurred in northern Thessaly. The mountains called Tempe split, creating the Tempe Valley. The waters of the swamp flowed into the Peneius River, drying up the swamp and forming the Dotium plain, where the Pelasgians expanded their settlement. [40]
5.4.1 Migration from Thessaly to Dodona
In 1480 BC, Thessalus, son of Haemon, led the Pelasgians from Scotussa in Thessaly to Dodona. [41]
Thessalus also moved the oracle from Scotussa and built a temple at Dodona. [42]
Most of the women of the city accompanied him in this migration, and it is said that the prophetic priestesses at the oracle of Dodona were their descendants for generations. [43]
6 Great migration from Thessaly
Led by Pelasgus' daughter Larisa, the Pelasgians migrated from Argos and lived in Thessaly for six generations. During that time, the Pelasgian population grew rapidly, benefiting from the fertile soil. [44]
In 1390 BC, a massive tsunami in the Aegean Sea struck the Pelasgian towns along the coast of Thessaly. Displaced, the Pelasgians migrated inland en masse, hitting Itonus on the western shore of the Pagasetic Gulf.
Itonus was home to Itonus, son of Amphictyon, son of Deucalion, and his wife, Melanippe.
Melanippe was the daughter of Aeolus, son of Hippotes, who lived in Arne, Thessaly. [45]
Amphictyon and Aeolus rallied their people and drove the Pelasgians out of Thessaly. [46]
The Pelasgians, driven out of Thessaly, scattered in search of new lands.
6.1 Migration from Thessaly to Dodona
In 1390 BC, most of the Pelasgians driven out of Thessaly fled to the area around Dodona. [47]
From Dodona, some Pelasgians crossed into the Italian peninsula, while many others lived in the mountains, waiting to return to their homeland in Thessaly. [48]
Their leader was Lycaon, son of Pelasgus, who changed his name from Pelasgians to Thesprotians after Lycaon's son Thesprotus. [49]
The region inhabited by the Thesprotians came to be called Thesprotia.
Ephyrus, son of Thesprotus, founded Ephyra (later Cichyrus) near the sea southwest of Dodona.[50]
Ephyra was the ancient name of Crannon, near Scotussa in Thessaly.[51]
6.1.1 Return from Thesprotia to Thessaly
In 1186 BC, the Thesprotians invaded and occupied Thessaly from Thesprotia. [52]
The descendants of the Pelasgians who lived in Thessaly returned to their homeland 204 years after their ancestors were expelled from Thessaly.
6.1.1.1 Conditions in Thessaly before the Return
In 1257 BC, the Aenianians, who had been living in the Dotion Plain, were driven by the Lapiths and migrated north of Mount Oeta. Some of the Aenianians later migrated to the area around Cyphus, southwest of Mount Olympus.
In addition, some Perrhaebians who had lived around Gyrton migrated to the area around Mount Lacmus near Dodona, upstream of the Peneius River. However, many Perrhaebians remained vassals of the Lapiths and lived alongside them. [53]
In 1227 BC, the Lapiths, centered in Gyrton, expanded their territory to Magnesia and the Pagasetic Gulf, crossing the Peneius River and oppressing the Dorian settlements. However, Heracles, who sided with the Dorians, defeated the Lapiths. [54]
Shorterly before this, the Minyans, who lived around Iolcus, rebelled against the tyranny of Acastus, son of Pelias, and were driven out by Peleus of Phthia. [55]
During the Trojan War, Iolcus, the capital of Thessaly, was destroyed, and the Lapiths were defeated in battle by Heracles, giving Phthia great power.
During the reign of Peleus' son Achilles, Phthia extended its influence to Scyros and Boeotia. [56]
6.1.1.2 Opportunity of the Return
In 1190 BC, the inhabitants of Ravenna in the northeastern Italian peninsula, driven by the Tyrrhenians, migrated to Thesprotia. [57]
They were descendants of the Pelasgians, who had been driven out of Thessaly. [58]
Strabo reports that they returned to Thessaly. [59]
However, it is believed that they did not return to Thessaly from Ravenna, but rather crossed the Adriatic Sea and migrated to Thesprotia.
It is believed that their arrival stimulated the Thesprotians, triggering their invasion of Thessaly.
Prior to this, there were settlements from various places in northwestern Greece as follows.
1) Settlement to Aetolia
In 1320 BC, Aetolus, son of Endymion of Elis, settled in the land of the Curetes in Aetolia and founded Pleuron and Calydon. [60]
After Aetolus's settlement, northwestern Greece became a popular settlement destination, and settlement there flourished. [61]
2) Settlement to Cephallenia and the Islands
In 1277 BC, Amphitryon, son of Alcaeus, and Cephalus, son of Deion, led an expedition to the land of the Teleboans. [62]
The expeditionary force expelled the Teleboans from the islands floating in the Ionian Sea west of Acarnania and settled there. [63]
Cephalus settled the largest island in the Ionian Sea and named it Cephallenia. [64]
Alcaeus' brother, Helius, colonized the Echinades. [65]
3) Settlement to Acarnania
In 1246 BC, the Pelasgians migrated from Sicily to Acarnania. [66]
These Pelasgians were driven out of Thessaly in 1390 BC and migrated to the Italian peninsula, where they lived in Regis Villa near Rome. They had migrated to Sicily, fleeing from the Tyrrhenians who had arrived from Lydia in 1300 BC. [67]
4) Settlement to Cephallenia
In 1244 BC, Phyleus, son of Augeas, moved from Elis to settle in Dulichium, Cephallenia. [68]
5) Capture of Ephyra
In 1237 BC, Heracles, son of Amphitryon, invaded Thesprotia and captured Ephyra. [69]
During the Trojan War, Ilus, son of Mermerus, son of Jason, lived in Ephyra. [70]
6) Settlement to Corcyra
In 1237 BC, Jason, son of Aeson, who had traveled with Heracles, settled in Scheria (later known as Corcyra). [71]
7) Settlement to Acarnania
In 1237 BC, Icarius, son of Oebalus, who had participated in Heracles' expedition, settled in Acarnania.
Icarius's two sons, Alyzeus and Leucadius, founded towns named after themselves in Acarnania. [72]
8) Settlement to Taphos
In 1237 BC, Taphius, son of Helius, son of Perseus, who had traveled with Heracles, settled in Taphos from the Echinades. [73]
9) Settlement to Echinades
In 1237 BC, Meges, son of Phyleus, who participated in Heracles' expedition, emigrated from Cephallenia to the largest island of the Echinades, calling it Dulichium, the name of his hometown. [74]
10) Settlement near the Ambracian Gulf
In 1204 BC, Alcmaeon, son of Amphiaraus, emigrated from Argos to the eastern side of the Ambracian Gulf and founded Argos (later Argos-Amphilochicum). [75]
6.1.1.3 Birth of a Leader
Heracles' son, Dexamenus, was born to Astyoche, daughter of Phyleus of Ephyra, who was captured during Heracles' campaign in 1237 BC.
Dexamenus' son, Ambrax, ruled Ambracia in the northern Ambracian Gulf. [76]
Dexamenus also had sons named Pheidon and Haimon. [77]
Dexamenus' sons became leaders of the Thesprotians.
6.1.1.4 Emergence of the Defenseless State of Thessaly
In 1188 BC, the fighting-capable men living in Thessaly invaded Troy.
During the Trojan War, Thessaly was defenseless and unable to defend itself against foreign invasions.
6.1.1.5 Situation of Return
The first Thesprotians invaded Thessaly is estimated to have occurred in 1186 BC. [78]
The Boeotians, who lived in Arne, Thessaly, were defeated by Haimon, son of Dexamenus, son of Heracles. Some Boeotians emigrated to Boeotia, but most remained as serfs called Penestae. [79]
The Thesprotians then fought against the Achaeans, Perrhaebi, and Magnesians.
The Achaeans were initially allowed to continue living as Penestae, but were expelled in the third generation, along with the Boeotians of Arne.
In the end, the Perrhaebians and Magnesians continued to live in Thessaly as subordinates to the Thesprotians. [80]
Perrhaebians continued to live in northern Thessaly 800 years later, during the reign of Philip, son of Amyntas. [81]
The Thesprotians, who became ruler of Thessaly, changed their name to Thessalians.
7 Migration from Thessaly to Italy
In 1390 BC, some Pelasgians were driven out of Thessaly and migrated to various parts of the Italian peninsula via Dodona.
7.1 Migration to northern Italian peninsula
Leaving Dodona, the Pelasgians migrated to northeastern Italian peninsula, founding Spina south of the mouth of the Padus River. [82]
They also founded Ravenna a little south of Spina. [83]
7.2 Migration to central Italian peninsula
Led by Janus, the Pelasgians, who lived in Perrhaebia in northern Thessaly, migrated westward from the east coast of Italian peninsula across the Apennines. [84]
Janus is believed to have been the son of Nanas, son of Teutamides, son of Amyntor, son of Phrastor, son of Pelasgus, son of Larisa. [85]
Janus was welcomed by the Ausones near Cutilia in Reatine and lived among them. The Ausones had expelled the Umbrians and Sicels and settled near Cutilia shortly before Janus' arrival. [86]
Janus' daughter, Olistene, married Sabus, son of Sancus, the eponym of the Sabines, the ancestor of the ancient Roman kings. [87]
Faunus, son of Aethex, son of Janus, expelled the Umbrians and ruled over the area around Lake Trasimene. [88]
7.2.1 Migration from the Italian Peninsula to Sicily
In 1300 BC, Arnus, son of Faunus, was expelled from the area around Lake Trasimene by the Tyrrhenians, led by Tyrrhenus, son of Atys, who had migrated from Lydia. [89]
Furthermore, Maleus, son of Janus, son of Sabus, who lived in the area of Regis Villa near the northwestern coast of Rome, was also expelled by the Tyrrhenians. [90]
The Pelasgians, driven out by the Tyrrhenians, migrated to Sicily. [91]
The Pelasgians migrated from Sicily in the following ways:
1) Migration from Sicily to Acarnania
In 1246 BC, the Pelasgians living in Sicily migrated to Acarnania, driven out by Sicels who had migrated from the Italian Peninsula. [92]
2) Migration from Acarnania to Boeotia
In 1188 BC, the Pelasgians, who lived in Acarnania, moved to Boeotia. They drove out the Boeotians who lived in Coroneia and occupied the city. [93]
3) Migration from Boeotia to Athens
In 1126 BC, the Pelasgians, who had occupied Coroneia, were expelled from Boeotia by the Boeotians, led by Damasichthon, son of Opheltes, who had returned from Arne in Thessaly.
The Pelasgians, led by Agrolas and Hyperbius, fled to Athens and were allowed to live in the barren land at the foot of Mount Hymettus. [94]
4) Migration from Athens to Lemnos
In 1115 BC, the Pelasgians, who lived at the foot of Mount Hymettus, were expelled from Athens and settled in Lemnos due to the jealousy of the Athenians who saw their barren land being cultivated. [95]
The Pelasgians of Lemnos abducted maidens from Brauron in Attica and carried them off to an island called the Sinties. [96]
5) Migration from Lemnos to Chalcidice
In 495 BC, the Pelasgians, who lived in Lemnos, were driven by Miltiades, son of Cimon, and migrated to the Chalcidice Peninsula, settling in Cleonae, Olophyxis, Acrothoi, Dium, and Thyssus. [97]
Descendants of Janus, who migrated from Thessaly to the Italian peninsula in 1390 BC, ironically returned to the area near their ancestors' former homeland about 900 years later.
7.3 Migration to Southern Italian Peninsula
In 1390 BC, Dius abducted Melanippe, wife of Itonus, son of Amphictyon, from Itonus in Thessaly. He led the Pelasgians to Metapontium in southern Italian Peninsula. [98]
In Metapontium, Melanippe gave birth to two sons, Aeolus and Boeotus. [99]
8 Migration from Thessaly to Phrygia
In 1390 BC, some Pelasgians fled Thessaly, led by Dolio, son of Silenus, and settled near the Ascanian Lake in Phrygia near the Hellespont. [100]
Then, the Pelasgians, changing their name to Doliones, migrated westward and settled widely around Cyzicus. [101]
During the time of the 5th-century BC historian Herodotus, Pelasgians lived in Placia and Scylace, on the banks of the Propontis east of Cyzicus. [102]
Cyzicus, son of Aeneus, fifth generation from Dollion, lived in Cyzicus and married Cleite, sister of Arisbe, wife of Priam, king of Troy. Cyzicus attacked the Argonauts when he learned that they were from Thessaly, from which his ancestors had been expelled. [103]
There was also a town in Mount Ida named after Gargaros, who had migrated from Larissa in Thessaly.
Cycnus (or Cygnus), son of Calyce, daughter of Hecato, who lived in Colonae, south of Ilium, during the Trojan War, is presumed to be a descendant of Gargaros. [104]
8.1 Migration from Phrygia to Paeonia
The Mygdonians, who lived in Mysia near Mount Olympus, are also likely Pelasgians who migrated from Thessaly.
In 1244 BC, Mygdon was driven from his homeland after siding with Antenor, who was fighting against Priam, son of Laomedon. Mygdon led the Mygdonians to Paeonia. [105]
Mygdon's descendants later migrated from Paeonia to Macedonia and changed their name from Mygdonians to Briges (or Brigans). [106]
In 670 BC, Midas, son of Gordias, a descendant of Mygdon, led the Briges from near Mount Bermius in Macedonia to his ancestral home of Phrygia. [107]
The Briges changed their name to Phrygians. [108]
Midas was king of the Mygdonians. [109]
8.2 Migration from Cyzicus to Antandros
In 1115 BC, some Minyans who lived in Lemnos migrated to Cyzicus in the northwest of the Anatolian Peninsula. [110]
The Doliones, driven out of Cyzicus, migrated to Antandros, south of Mount Ida. [111]
During the Persian Wars, Antandros was inhabited by the Pelasgians. [112]
9 Migration from Thessaly to Lesbos
In 1390 BC, some Pelasgians who fled Thessaly joined the migration of Aeolus' son, Macareus, and migrated to Pelasgia (later Lesbos). [113]
Macareus' sons later settled on neighboring islands (Chios, Samos, Rhodes, and Cos), likely including Pelasgians. [114]
9.1 Migration from Lesbos to the Hermus River Basin
During the Trojan War, the Hermus River basin was inhabited by a large tribe of Pelasgians led by Hippothous and Pylaeus, two sons of Lethus, son of Teutamus. [115]
This large tribe of Pelasgians became a vassal state of the Hittites, who had influence in Asia Minor, and was called the Seha River Land. [116]
When the power of the Hittites and Pelasgians weakened, Malaus, leading a group of Aeolis immigrants from Locris, migrated to the mouth of the Hermus River and founded Phryconian Cyme. [117]
The Pelasgians, led by the descendants of Teutamus, who had been driven out by Aeolis, migrated to the Italian peninsula and settled in Pisae, which was inhabited by Tyrrhenians. [118]
The Tyrrhenians who lived in Pisae accepted the Pelasgians who had migrated from Asia Minor as their kindred spirits and lived together with them.
10 Migration from Thessaly to Lemnos
In 1390 BC, Lemnos is not listed among the destinations of the Pelasgians who fled Thessaly. However, the Pelasgians are reported to have migrated to many islands near the Hellespont, likely including Lemnos. [119]
The 3rd-century BC historian Anticleides reports that the first inhabitants of Lemnos were Pelasgians. [120]
10.1 Migration from Lemnos to Lydia
Strabo reports that some of the Pelasgians of Lemnos migrated to the Italian peninsula under the leadership of Tyrrhenus, son of Atys. [121]
Atys was the son of Cotys, son of Manes. [122]
This suggests that Manes, the ancestor of the Maeonians of Lydia, was the leader of the Pelasgians who were expelled from Thessaly in 1390 BC. [123]
Manes traveled from Thessaly to the mainland via Lemnos and settled around Mount Tmolus. [124]
In other words, the Maeonians were Pelasgians who migrated from Thessaly to Lydia and changed their name.
Manes is believed to be Kupanta-Kurunta, king of Arzawa, mentioned in Hittite texts. [125]
10.1.1 Migration from Lydia to Lemnos
In 1318 BC, in the battle between Hittite king Mursili II and Uhha-Ziti (Tantalus), descendants of Manes sided with Uhha-Ziti. [126]
Failed in battle by the Hittites, the Maeonians (Pelasgians), led by Tyrrhenus, son of Atys, fled from Lydia to Lemnos.
Herodotus reports that Tyrrhenus migrated from Smyrna to the land of Umbria, but Smyrna did not exist at the time. [127]
Tyrrhenus' appearance in Italy occurred around 1300 BC, an 18-year lag, during which time he is believed to have resided in Lemnos.
10.1.1.1 Selection of a New Destination
After Tyrrhenus's migration, Lemnos continued to receive more immigrants, becoming overpopulated and forcing Tyrrhenus to emigrate to the Italian peninsula.
At the time, Agylla, located in central Italy, was so prosperous that it donated a treasury to Delphi, and word of its prosperity spread throughout the Greek world. [128]
Agylla was founded by the Pelasgians, who had been driven out of Thessaly. The Pelasgians of Lemnos likely knew of Agylla's prosperity through their kinship. They likely also learned about Agylla through donations to Dodona, founded by the ancestors of both tribes, and through visits to receive oracles. [129]
10.1.1.2 Migration from Lemnos to Italy
In 1300 BC, Tyrrhenus led the Maeonians to land on the central west coast of the Italian peninsula. The Maeonians attempted to invade Latium but were repelled by Romis. [130]
However, the Maeonians subsequently displaced many indigenous people and expanded their settlement into northern Italian peninsula. The Maeonians changed their name to Tyrrhenians after Tyrrhenus. Their area came to be called Tyrrhenia, and the sea to the west of the Italian peninsula became known as the Tyrrhenian Sea. [131]
Many of the indigenous people displaced by the Tyrrhenians were Pelasgians, who had been expelled from Thessaly 90 years earlier, but they did not speak the same language. [132]
10.1.2 Migration from Lydia to Mysia
In 1318 BC, Mysus, son of Atys, son of Cotys, son of Manes, emigrated from Lydia to Mysia of Pergamene. [133]
Mysus's migration, like that of his brother Tyrrhenus, was due to war with the Hittites.
In 1230 BC, Teuthras, son of Diomedes, son of Mysus, married Auge, mother of Telephus, who had led the Arcadians in the migration. [134]
The Maeonians, who changed their name from Pelasgians, lived with the Arcadians and changed their name to Mysians.
11 Migration from Thessaly to Chios
In 1390 BC, some Pelasgians who fled Thessaly emigrated to Chios. [135]
12 Spread of Pelasgians Settlements
In 1690 BC, the Pelasgians were born in Aegialeia (later Sicyon), north of the Peloponnesus.
In 1665 BC, the Pelasgians who lived in Aegialeia migrated to Argos.
In 1560 BC, the Pelasgians who lived in Argos migrated to Arcadia and changed their name to Arcadians.
In 1560 BC, the Pelasgians who lived in Argos migrated to Egypt.
In 1515 BC, the Pelasgians who lived in Egypt migrated to Athens.
In 1492 BC, the Pelasgians who lived in Egypt migrated to Athens.
In 1430 BC, the Pelasgians who lived in Egypt migrated to Argos.
In 1390 BC, the Pelasgians who lived in Thessaly migrated to around Dodona and changed their name to Thesprotians.
In 1390 BC, the Pelasgians who lived in Thessaly migrated to Lydia and changed their name to Maeonians.
In 1390 BC, the Pelasgians who lived in Thessaly migrated to Phrygia near the Hellespont and changed their name to Doliones and Mygdonians.
In 1300 BC, the Maeonians who lived in Lydia migrated to northern Italian peninsula and changed their name to Tyrrhenians.
In 1300 BC, the Pelasgians who lived in Italy migrated to Sicily.
In 1246 BC, the Pelasgians who lived in Sicily migrated to Acarnania.
In 1244 BC, the Mygdonians, who lived in Phrygia, migrated to Macedonia and changed their name to Briges.
In 1188 BC, the Pelasgians, who lived in Acarnania, migrated to Boeotia.
In 1186 BC, the Thesprotians, who lived around Dodona, migrated to Thessaly and changed their name to Thessalians.
In 1126 BC, the Pelasgians, who lived in Boeotia, migrated to Athens.
In 1115 BC, the Pelasgians, who lived in Athens, migrated to Lemnos.
13 Greek Dark Ages
Pelasgians lived in Arcadia, Thessaly, northern Italian peninsula, Lemnos, Placia, Scylace, and Antandros in northwestern Anatolia.
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