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Greek historians wrote that Pellasgians were the people inhabiting the region of west Turkey, Greece, Albania, Southern Italy, before the rest came. Hellenic historians wrote about their presence. All remains today from Pellasgs are some toponims. Example: Larissa in Greece, Lissus in Albania and some others
Its not obscure the term,no. Pellazgs and Hellens coexisted for thousand of years. Historians mention them up to 2000 B.C. They were separate entity up to that point. After that no longer is heard about them. That means they were outnumbered by Hellens, Illyrians, Thracians etc... There is no doubt about their existence. Archaeologists note that they had distinct pottery.SOME of greek historians yes - by I think I red that even some previous groups of Greeks were named like that by more recent groups... all the way, even if taking in account the description you mention it does not tell us what ethnicity and language were attached to it... I-E (by example: anatolian ones like louwites or lydians) OR non-I-E ? (possibly akin to pre-Etruscans?)
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so the term still remains obscure and confusing: the term exists but the complete meaning escapes to us
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