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Πρωτεσίλαος

Πρωτεσίλαος, Protesilaus, first-of-the-people

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.

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