sentences:  Moreover, I do not think the Pelasgian, who remained barbarians, ever grew appreciably in number or power.In Book 2, Herodotus alluded to the Pelasgians as inhabitants of Samothrace, an island located just north of Troy, before coming to Attica.Moreover, Herodotus wrote that the Pelasgians simply called their gods "theoi" prior to naming them on the grounds that the gods established all affairs in their order ("thentes"); the author also stated that the gods of the Pelasgians were the Cabeiri.