ðə dˈɪstɹɪkts dʒˈʌst mˈɛnʃənd ɑːɹ ɹˌɛpɹᵻzˈɛntᵻd ɪnðə hoʊmˈɛɹɪk pˈoʊᵻmz æz ðə sˈiːts ʌvðə ɡɹˈeɪt ɐtʃˈiən mˈɑːnɚkiz, ænd ðɛɹ ɪz nˈoʊ ɐlˈuːʒən ɪn ðiːz pˈoʊᵻmz tʊ ˌɛni dˈoːɹɪk pˌɑːpjʊlˈeɪʃən ɪn pˈɛləpˌɑːnɛsəs.
The districts just mentioned are represented in the Homeric poems as the seats of the great Achaean monarchies, and there is no allusion in these poems to any Doric population in Peloponnesus.