Lemnian deeds
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A Lemnian deed is the cruel slaughter of someone as revenge. There are two possible origins for this term: the epic of Jason and the Argonauts, where Pelasgian women killed their men, and that of Herodotus‘ narrative where the Pelasgians killed captive mothers and children.
As in other nationalistic epics, non-Greek people and tribes are often deemed to have “barbaric” tendencies. Further, the Pelasgians of Lemnos reportedly spoke a pre-Greek language, which contributed to the construction of narratives emphasizing their alterity.