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The domain of Peleus and Achilles.
King Peleus ruled Pelasgian Argos and intended to bequeath his kingdom to his son, Achilles. The name Pelasgian denoted the antiquity of the region as well as differentiating it from Argos on the Peloponnesian Peninsula. The people of Pelasgian Argos were called Myrmidons, Hellenes, and Achaians.
Achilles commanded the Achaian soldiers from Pelasgian Argos at Troy. Achilles and his Myrmidons filled fifty ships, which would have carried approximately 5,750 men.
| References: Homer, Iliad book 2, line 681 |