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Excerpt from A Geographical and Historical Description of Ancient Greece, Vol. 2 of 3: With a Map and Plan of Athens The earliest accounts represent this province as inhabited by the Leleges, Curetes, and Teleboae, barbarous nations; which appear to have occupied also several other parts of Greece before the Pelasgi had overspread that country. Hecataeus of Miletus, and Aristotle, as quoted by Strabo, are the chief authorities upon which we must rely for this state ment. (vii: p. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.