Palaechthon

In Greek mythology, Palaechthon or Palaichthon (Ancient Greek: Παλαίχθονος, lit. 'long in the land')^[1] was the father of Pelasgus, king of Argos and eponym of the Pelasgians.

Aeschylus

In The Suppliants, Aeschylus (5th century BC) writes that:

For I am Pelasgus, offspring of Palaechthon, whom the earth brought forth, and lord of this land; and after me, their king, is rightly named the race of the Pelasgi, who harvest the land.^[2]

Palaechthon is not mentioned outside of this passage by Aeschylus, who seems to have invented him.^[3]