Πρωτεσίλαος

Πρωτεσί-λᾱος [ῐ], ὁ, Dor. -λας, α, Pi. I. 1.58; Ion. and Att. Πρωτεσίλεως, εω:—

• First of the people, name of the hero who first leaped ashore at Troy, Il. 2.698 (so understood by Hom., ib. 702, but the name may be a corruption of Πορθεσίλαος, cf. Cret. Πορθεσίλας and Πορτεσίλας):—Πρωτεσιλάειον, τό, his monument, Str. 13.1.31: Πρωτεσιλάεια, τά, his festival, Sch. Pi. I. 1.11.

Πρωτεσίλαος

• (ἀρήϊος, μεγάθυμος).
• Son of Iphiclus-1 and elder brother german of Podarces.
• Leader of the men of various towns lying about the west coast of the Pagasaean Gulf.
• Was slain in landing first of the Greeks and was succeeded by Podarces Il. 2.698, 706, 708;
• the position of his ships Il. 13.681;
• fighting round his ship Il. 15.705;
• the ship set on fire Il. 16.122,
• the fire extinguished 286, 293.

Πρωτεσίλαος : Protesilāus, son of Iphiclus, a leader of the Thessalians, the first Greek to tread on Trojan soil, and the first to fall, Il. 2.698, 706, Il. 15.705, Il. 13.681, Il. 16.286.

Πρωτεσίλαος Πρωτεσί-λᾱος, ὁ,

• Protesilaus, first-of-the-people, name of the hero who first leaped ashore at Troy, Il.