My name Pelasgus, ruler of this land;
And fathered with my name the men who reap
Earth’s fruits beneath my sway are called Pelasgi;
And all the land where Algos flows, and Strymon,[n21]
Toward the westering sun my sceptre holds.
My kingdom the Perrhæbians bound, and those
Beyond high Pindus, by Pæonia, and
The Dodonéan heights; the briny wave
Completes the circling line; within these bounds
I rule; but here, where now thy foot is planted,