Listed 2 sub titles with search on: Information about the place for destination: "PELASGIOTIS Ancient area THESSALIA".
A district in Thessaly, between Hestiaeotis and Magnesia.
Pelasgiotis, inhabited by the Pelasgiotae (Pelasgiotai,), extended
S. of the Peneius, and along the western side of Pelion and Ossa, including the
districtcalled the Pelasgic plain. (Strab. ix. p. 443.) The name shows that this
district was originally inhabited by Pelasgians; and its chief town was Larissa,
a well known name of Pelasgic cities.
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