§ 1.17.3 Pelasgus was the son of Zeus, it is said, and of Niobe the daughter of Phoroneus, who, as the legend goes, was the first mortal woman Zeus had knowledge of. After which he adds these words: 'Thus those who had been Oinotrians became Sicels, Morgetes and Italians.'

His words are these: ' Antiochus, the son of Xenophanes, wrote this account of Italy, which comprises all that is most credible and certain out of the ancient tales this country, which is now called Italy, was formerly possessed by the Oinotrians.' Then he relates in what manner they were governed and says that in the course of time Italus came to be their king, after whom they were named Italians that this man was succeeded by Morges, after whom they were called Morgetes, and that Sicelus, being received as a guest by Morges and setting up a kingdom for himself, divided the nation. § 1.12.3 And Antiochus of Syracuse, a very early historian, in his account of the settlement of Italy, when enumerating the most ancient inhabitants in the order in which each of them held possession of any part of it, says that the first who are reported to have inhabited that country are the Oinotrians.

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