Now the Catalogue of the Greek armament is divided into three great sections.
The first comprises Continental Greece, with the islands immediately adjacent to the coast, and lying south of Thessaly. The second consists of the Greek islands of the Ægean. The third is wholly Thessalian: and it begins with the lines which have been quoted.
The Pelasgians: Pelasgic Argos.
What then does Homer mean us to understand by the phrase τὸ Πελασγικὸν Ἄργος in this passage? Is it
1. A mere town, or town and district, like Alos, Alope, and others which follow; or is it
2. A country comprising several or many such?
And if the latter, does it describe
1. That country only over which Peleus reigned, and which supplied the Myrmidon division; or
2. A more extended country?