Before the Mycenaeans… before the Dorians… even before the age of Homeric heroes, one people appears to have dominated the Greek world.

The Pelasgians.

Who were they? Where did they come from? And why did the ancient Greeks consider them so ancient that their memory seemed to disappear into the depths of prehistory?    

Were they perhaps the first Greeks?
Were they a distinct people?
Or was their name used to describe all the prehistoric inhabitants of Greece?

In this video, we travel thousands of years back in time to prehistoric Greece, examining the accounts of Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, and other ancient writers, alongside the evidence of modern archaeology.

We will explore:

🏺 The Pelasgians and the ancient traditions surrounding their origins,

🗺️ The regions of Greece and the Aegean with which they were associated,

🏛️ The famous Cyclopean Walls and the traditions connecting them to the earliest inhabitants,

🌊 Lemnos and the Aegean Sea,

🔥 The religious traditions of prehistoric populations,

🧬 Modern archaeology and archaeogenetic research.

At the end, we will examine the three main theories about the identity of the Pelasgians:

1. A pre-Greek people
2. An ancient Greek tribe
3. A general name used for different populations

The answer is not so simple.

The Pelasgians remain one of the most fascinating mysteries of prehistoric Greece, and research continues to uncover the fragments of a past lost in the mists of thousands of years.

Were the Pelasgians the first Greeks?

Watch the full video and draw your own conclusions.

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