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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...>
wrote:
> [A study] claimed that the Pelasgians settled first in Adria. I
> think it's in Italian. I'm sure others will recognize what I'm
> talking about.
The origin of the city-name Adria (Etruscan alternative spelling:
Atria) is uncertain, and many are the hypotheses that, in course of
time, have been advanced in this regard. According to some scholars
this toponym would have been derived from Atri, the presumed name of
an ancient king of the Pelasgians -- the legendary founders of the
city (which appears to have been actually developed as a maritime
emporium by the Greeks, and later on by the Etruscans, starting from
an original Venetic settlement). According to a pseudo-historical
narrative related by the Adria-born poet Luigi Groto (1541-1585),
King Atri's golden chariot would be still buried under the city --
see at
http://www.polesinestoria.net/web/adria_origini.htm
(in Italian)
Regards,
Francesco