The Pelasgian Walls

Fr. 97 Harder (= 97 Pf., = 200 Mass.) P.Mil.Vogl. I 18 col. III 34
   sq. [image], Trismegistos 59371

This aition takes place in Athens where, apparently, the eighth-century wall is speaking: “the land held me, the Pelasgian wall of the Τυρσηνοί.” The wall (like the lock) narrates the details of its past that have disappeared or been forgotten. It underscores how knowledge of that past is remembered or communicated; the Τυρσηνοί mentioned were supposedly the Pelasgians who had migrated to Italy. They were identified with the Etruscans.